Animals With Cameras: Capturing the secrets of the wild
In the past year, you've probably seen more meerkats selling car insurance than you have in footage of the cute creatures in their natural habitat.
But that's about to change with the launch of Animals With Cameras - BBC One's latest nature documentary, which begins on Thursday.
For the three-part series, cameras were strapped to animals so scientists (and viewers) could monitor where they go and what they do.
And the results are fascinating.
"The technology is finally there to do it," series producer Dan Rees tells BBC News.
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"Batteries are small enough. Lenses are small enough. You can get small enough sensors to give you a high definition image which can produce slow motion video.
"You can get [the cameras] onto an animal at the size it's comfortable for the animal to wear, that won't affect their behaviour."
Still from Animals With Cameras