


Nature is harsh, and we wanted to make a film that showed every aspect of life – and death.' Their mothers were trying to help them, but they could do nothing. The film's co-director, Matthew Aeberhard, says, 'It was desperately sad to watch. Under threat: The Flamingos settle in salt planes which attract developers for it's soda ash- a chemical vital to the production of glass The flamingos nest in the salt, where they are safe from predators, but the thick salt deposits can form ice-like chains around the ankles of chicks, making it impossible for them to follow their families across the lake and condemning them to certain death. But chicks are not just vulnerable from airborne attacks.
