As its name implies, and notwithstanding the unusual suffrutex (dwarf shrub) forest that covers large areas at higher elevations, Liuwa is wide-open country, which allows for bush-loving nature lovers to witness animal interactions without affecting outcomes.
"The bass is the most important animal on the planet, in terms of our recreational relationship with nature, " says Douglas Hannon, an author and scientist in Odessa, Fla.
Animal Kingdom will follow in the tradition of Disney's True Life Adventures nature films that gave many young Americans in the 1950s their first glimpse of ecology.