This screener was sent to us by Aquavision TV Productions, sister company of Lion Mountain Media.<br /><br />The only edits we made:<br /><br /> • Removed the slow motion so the runtime matches the audio<br /> • Increased the audio volume<br /><br />That’s it.<br /><br />Now watch what actually happens. The mouse is clearly not wild. It doesn’t behave like a wild rodent at all. Instead of fleeing, it calmly approaches and sniffs the snake. There’s no meaningful survival response.<br /><br />Listen to the background:<br /><br /> • You can hear traffic.<br /> • You can hear the motor of a camera slider.<br /> • When the snake strikes, a crew member says “Yes!”<br /><br />If this were a genuine wild encounter, how did the crew have time to set up a motorised slider? Why is someone celebrating the strike?<br /><br />Yes, snakes are fed mice in captivity. But that’s not what’s being presented here. This is framed as a natural, wild predation event.<br />In proper captive feeding situations, rodents are typically humanely euthanised first. Staging a live predation scene for dramatic “wild” footage:<br /><br /> • Misleads the audience<br /> • Risks injury to the snake<br /> • Can result in prolonged suffering for the rodent<br /><br />In South Africa, where Lion Mountain Media is based, causing unnecessary suffering to an animal is illegal under animal welfare law.<br /><br />Wildlife filmmaking depends on trust. If something is staged, audiences deserve to know.
