So sad to see scavenging rhino on an urban street

Planet Earth cameraman on filming incredible scenes

- NICOLA METHVEN

CAPTURING amazing footage of a rhino on a busy street looking for food was a bittersweet experience for a Planet Earth III filmmaker.

Producer Fredi Devas said: "It is sad the urban environment is encroaching on wild places but I was also filled with admiration for the local people that treated the rhino with such respect.

The greater one-horned rhino in Nepal is perhaps the most dramatic example in Sunday's episode of how wildlife is adapting to the human world.

But other animals revealing extraordinary behaviour in Sir David Attenborough's series include macaques in Bali that steal from tourists and return items in exchange for favourite foods.

Fredi had seen videos of rhinos in the streets of Sauraha but did not believe it had happened until, after waiting a long time, he filmed the animal on an ultra-high-definition, lowlight camera walking past shops and alongside people and cars.