| Summary: | In the summer of 2000, biologist Jenny Daltry was one of the first scientists to venture into the remote mountains of Cambodia, so long closed to the world by the Khmer Rouge guerrillas. There she made an astounding discovery. The Siamese crocodile, which had been thought to be virtually extinct in the wild, was surviving and breeding in reasonable numbers. Suddenly there was hope that this shy and little known member of the crocodile family might survive. The mountains are the last true wilderness remaining in mainland Southeast Asia and their isolation has allowed the Siamese crocodile to avoid the pressures and predations that have pushed the species towards extinction elsewhere. It is something of a miracle that a viable population has been located and the question is now, can we protect them and also use them to reestablish the species over a wider area?
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