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00:00This is the story of one man's obsession.
00:06An obsession with the lives of elephants.
00:13Habba was the first person to study
00:16the social behaviour of African elephants in the wild.
00:21He's contributed enormously.
00:23He's almost like the godfather of African elephant research.
00:31Ian Douglas-Hamilton has been immersed in the study
00:34of our largest land mammal for nearly six decades.
00:39Habba!
00:41Habba!
00:43Habba!
00:45Habba!
00:47Well, you know, Ian is an elephant, so that's his legacy.
00:51And I married an elephant,
00:54and the whole of our life has been elephants.
01:01But his journey has not been an easy one.
01:06Forced to shift from pioneering scientist
01:09to elephant protector.
01:12Poaching is completely out of hand,
01:14and the carcasses are littered everywhere.
01:16If you're talking about people, you'd call it genocide.
01:23In the eyes of many people,
01:25I think Ian has taken way too many risks.
01:28But I think in his own eyes, I think he's just tried his best.
01:32And I'm glad the guy has just kept pushing the pedal
01:35to what he wants to do and what he believes in.
01:39Did he seek out danger?
01:42Did he seek out danger?
01:44He's always been very adventurous,
01:46maybe occasionally reckless.
01:48I think he did what he felt had to be done
01:52to resolve what was a war against nature.