pt ile ▁into ▁a ▁wooden ▁box . ▁ ▁Be hind ▁the ▁camera ▁Sc enes ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le ▁were ▁photograph ed ▁from ▁bl inds ▁ere cted ▁whenever ▁possible ▁against ▁the ▁wind ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁human ▁sc ent ▁from ▁blow ing ▁toward ▁the ▁animals . ▁Ele ph ants , ▁Buck ▁reported , ▁are ▁especially ▁dangerous ▁in ▁that ▁respect . ▁Their ▁sight ▁is ▁und e velop ed , ▁but ▁their ▁sense ▁of ▁sm ell ▁is ▁hyp ers ens itive . ▁Nick ▁Cav ali ere , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁cam er amen , ▁had ▁an ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁python ▁who ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁unw itting ▁stars . ▁The ▁huge ▁re pt ile ▁was ▁being ▁photograph ed ▁from ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁when ▁suddenly ▁it ▁shot ▁forward , ▁aim ing ▁at ▁the ▁film ▁boxes , ▁which ▁lay ▁under ▁the ▁camera ▁tri pod . ▁The ▁camera ▁crew ▁fled ▁and ▁the ▁python ▁began ▁to ▁enc irc le ▁the ▁boxes , ▁probably ▁suspect ing ▁them ▁of ▁producing ▁the ▁wh ir ring ▁noise ▁which ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁electric ▁motor ▁of ▁the ▁camera . ▁Cav ali ere ▁took ▁a ▁long ▁stick ▁and ▁sn apped ▁off ▁the ▁motor , ▁and ▁the ▁python ▁lost ▁interest , ▁released ▁its ▁g rip ▁on ▁the ▁boxes ▁and ▁gl ided ▁away . ▁ ▁The ▁wild ▁animals ▁did ▁a ▁good ▁deal ▁of ▁their ▁fighting ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁enough ▁light ▁to ▁photograph ▁them , ▁but ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁fier c est ▁b outs ▁continued ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le ▁growth ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁possible ▁to