John Downer / Indian Elephant {Elephas maximus} being washed by mahout Western Ghats, India. Lifesense

John Downer / Feral pigeon (Rock dove) flying; photographed during filming of BBC tv series Lifesense

John Downer / Remote camera in protective housing and bait used to film wild lion close up for BBC television series 'Lifesense'

John Downer / Geoff Bell with remote controlled filming helicopter for tv series Lifesense, Kenya, 1990

John Downer / Cameraman Martin Dohrn filming Jain monk for BBC television series, Lifesense, 1990

John Downer / Masai child looking through film camera lens with cameraman Alan Hayward, on location for BBC series Lifesense, Kenya, East Africa 1991

John Downer / Masai child looking through the camera during filming OF BBC series Lifesense Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa 1990

John Downer / Water Buffalo racing with chariots, Bali, Indonesia

John Downer / Water Buffalo racing with chariots, Bali. Indonesia. Lifesense.

John Downer / Rousettus fruit bats at Goa Lawah bat cave temple, Bali. Indonesia.

John Downer / Buddhist Monk feeding fish to gain merit at Temple near Bangkok.

John Downer / Black rats feeding on grain. India

John Downer / Cattle feeding from stalls in market, India. Cows are tolerated as holy animals. From BBC Lifesense series.

John Downer / Cattle in market, tolerated because holy animal. India

John Downer / Cameraman Martin Dohrn filming sow birth watched by local woman, Papua New Guinea, for tv series "Lifesense"

John Downer / Sulphur crested cockatoo portrait (Kakatoe galerita) captive UK