Nigel Marven
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Time-travelling zoologist who was chased by dinosaurs! #PrehistoricPark #SeaMonsters Today produces and presents wildlife shows, a passionate conservationist.
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My favourite Digger moment yet! And the last you’ll see of my burrowing owl for a while I’m on my way to a shoot in Costa Rica and Guatemala. King vultures and volcanoes, tapirs and trogons, horned guans and pink headed warblers. Exciting stuff, but I’ll miss Digger.
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Look at this! What a cracking promo. I’m very proud to lend my voice to this project! I can’t wait to see the finished world!
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There’s been peace in El Salvador for many years, it’s certainly not a dangerous country to visit. Salvadoreans are the friendliest people you could hope to meet. There’s so much biodiversity too. Take a trip there if you can
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I’ve been a bit quiet over the last few months because I was being treated for tonsil cancer.The chemo and radiotherapy were hard core, but I’m cured now and looking forward to 2021. Watch this space and to join me on wildlife adventures. Happy New Year!
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First day of filming for a documentary about the wildlife of EL SALVADOR. Our first subject the great work being done to protect Central American spider monkeys.
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In El Salvador I enjoyed pupusas, a flatbread made from cornmeal with cheese and beans for non meat eaters like me.
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This is ASTONISHING! One of my friends in Costa Rica sent me this clip. A sloth birth at the top of a Cecropia tree, the new born doesn’t fall because of the umbilical cord! Congratulations to whoever caught this moment!
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Our second day filming in El Salvador on the grasslands of El Jocotel Reserve, a place that looks out of Africa. Super shots of peculiar double striped thick knees!
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A mate for Martha from ”Prehistoric Park” He’s near Telford.
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“ WILD EL SALVADOR” premieres on
@MagellanTVDocs
today. We hope you enjoy the show!
@MorenaValdezSV
@MedioAmbienteSV
@fiaes_sv
@ElSalvadorBirds
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#El
Salvador The National bird is the Torogoz or turquoise browed motmot. Gorgeous birds, there were 7 or so pairs in this colony. It will be a standout sequence
@MedioAmbienteSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
@MorenaValdezSV
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El Salvador has some bizarre creatures! We’ll feature many of them in our film about the country’s biodiversity! I LOVE this one.
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
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Without giving too much away, my first voice over session for
@PrehistoricK
The Game will have some superb PREHISTORIC BEASTS and top facts read by yours truly!
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PUPUSA We had to feature the National dish of EL SALVADOR, a corn tortilla with cheese for me, in our new documentary for
@MagellanTVDocs
I’m at the Festival of Fire in Najapa.
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@MorenaValdezSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
Just landed in EL SALVADOR! The land of volcanoes! A second shoot for a film that will be shown in the US and worldwide on
@MagellanTVDocs
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Day 5 of filming for our new documentary for
@MagellanTVDocs
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
the extraordinary Bolas de Fuego festival in Nejapa commemorates a volcanic eruption. It takes place on August 31st every year if you want to witness it for yourselves. It’s BRILLIANT!
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You’re so kind! Thank you from the Scottish Highlands. We hope to see golden eagles today!
Happy Happy Birthday Nigel Marven
@Nigelmarven
🎂🥳🥳🥳🥳🦖🦕
#HappyBirthday
#NigelMarven
#PrehistoricPark
#WalkingWithDinosaurs
#SeaMonstersAWalkingwithDinosaursTrilogy
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Digger, my burrowing owl had his first experience of snow today.
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A bittersweet moment, I’m off on some exciting wildlife adventures but have to say good bye to Digger, the burrowing owl for a while. I’ll keep you posted on my travels.
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Meeting the National bird of the Philippines, the critically endangered Philippine Eagle.
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Don’t you just 💕 💗 her? A blueberry Valentine’s Day meal for Miss Piggy, my pig nosed or Fly River turtle. The only freshwater species with flippers and a leathery shell.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Hope to see some of you in 2024! Best wishes Nigel
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Therizinosaurus at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur Park near Telford!
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Good luck with your future career! All the best Nigel
Thank you
@Nigelmarven
i saw everything with you when i was a child and became passionated by dinosaurs, today i'm 21 and on my way to become a paleontologist ❤️
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I spent “lockdown” with a little, dinosaur descendant. Watch how he plays!
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Descending Izalco volcano in El Salvador after filming for our new documentary for
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
@MagellanTVDocs
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#ElSalvador
has internationally important expanses of mangrove! For our documentary“ El Salvador Untamed” we filmed conservation projects to help save parrots and crocodiles
@MedioAmbienteSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
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What a start to 2024! Tickling a wild manatee in the Homosassa river in Florida at sunrise! This is an adult but in my excitement I thought it was the calf that wouldn’t leave me alone!
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It took all day to suspend the life size Megalodon jaws, but it was well worth it, I now have a memento of Sea Monsters on the house.
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Back in EL SALVADOR for a final shoot!
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
I’ll have great time once again and pupusas!
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After practising his ball skills, Digger, my burrowing owl tries to kill a leaf!
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Super Saturday with DIGGER, the burrowing owl! He was 4 years old in July. I always adore seeing him when I return from a trip!
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Ascending Izalco Volcano to film the opening piece to camera for our documentary about El Salvador. It will be shown next year on national channels in Central America and worldwide on
@MagellanTVDocs
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El Salvador is the smallest nation in Central America, so around every corner theres awe inspiring landscapes! Thanks to
@MorenaValdezSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
for this wondrous journey.
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15 years!!!! That’s insane!
15 years ago, the first episode of
#PrehistoricPark
premiered on ITV! To this day, I consider it to be one of my most favourite TV shows of all time. It showed to me as a child what joy it can be exploring the natural world.
@Nigelmarven
@impossible_pics
thank you for this!
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Can’t wait! Excited to be an avatar in this fabulous new world!
Save the date, Park Managers! PREHISTORIC KINGDOM stomps into Early Access April 27th 2022! 🎉
Check out this short teaser featuring legendary wildlife narrator
@NigelMarven
! The full Early Access trailer will premiere on April 21st!
🦕 Wishlist today:
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“Wild El Salvador” goes LIVE in
@MagellanTVDocs
tomorrow. You’ll be surprised at the rich wildlife and culture we reveal in Central America’s smallest nation.
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
@ElSalvadorBirds
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Filming for EL SALVADOR UNTAMED There are PUMAS in El Salvador!!!!!!!!!!
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@UKinElSalvador
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It really was a fun chat.
@AGamingBeaver
is a brilliant bloke. All of you should catch and share our “feel good” chat with your friends.
Big thanks again to
@Nigelmarven
for letting me interview him. Had a great time talking all things wildlife and of course dinosaurs!
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If you haven’t seen it already, enjoy
#FossilFriday
Pleased to help out Prehistoric Kingdom with this.
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What an aerobat! Digger my burrowing owl seizing a cricket today.
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Another look at Sago pedo an extraordinary insect in Slovakia.
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My Dad Roger joined us at his house in Devon. My burrowing owl loved using Dad’s head as a vantage point.
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DIGGER, my burrowing owl playing chicken with an elephant hawkmoth caterpillar. You can see from the gaps in his wings when he displays that he hasn’t quite finished his moult.
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A superb reptile from Central America, a plumed basilisk. I photographed this one in Nicaragua.
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A great day with
@NizarIbrahimPhD
a world authority on SPINOSAURUS I gave a talk to some brilliant students in the palaeontology Department
@portsmouthuni
Thank you everyone!
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If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s really SWEET! Imagine the food you’d require for a Prehistoric Kingdom, cycads, tree ferns and tonnes of meat. My next post today, is about the foods I need for my MODERN DAY PETS!
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On Day 4 of filming for our new wildlife adventure “El Salvador Untamed” I was high in the the trees checking out the critically endangered El Pital Salamander. It’s great to be able to shine a spotlight on lesser known creatures.
@MedioAmbienteSV
@fiaes_sv
@MorenaValdezSV
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Have a super 2023! I’m in Rio in Brazil. This month I’ll go in search of the rare hooded grebe in Argentina.
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Dillington House, a country mansion, was the picturesque setting for my COVID-19 vaccination today. I didn’t feel a thing! I’m one of over 13 million people who have been jabbed in the U.K. so far!
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A date for your diary! We can talk Prehistoric life, I can sign your DVD’s and books, we can have photos together. It will be a super event!
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It was worth getting covered in mud for this heart warming moment. American Crocs are endangered in Salvador. I hope these ones have a long life!
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The EXTRAORDINARY shrine of Bayazid Bostami in Bangladesh with its black soft shell or Bostami turtles! Revered by the locals, the reptiles will make wishes come true if you touch one!
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Here we go! The results of our work last year! Salvadorans around the world should LOVE this documentary!
@MedioAmbienteSV
@MorenaValdezSV
@UKinElSalvador
@UKinUruguay
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Today in the garden and 2002 in the Kalahari. It seems the top of my head is a good vantage for a look out!
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I’d love to do some more of these time travelling adventures! Fingers crossed for 2020.
17 Years ago,
#TheGiantClaw
, A
#WalkingWithDinosaurs
Special, first aired on BBC One!
@Nigelmarven
is plunged into prehistoric Mongolia in search for 'claws', a giant theropod dinosaur called Therizinosaurus. Join him, as he is Chased by
#Dinosaurs
!
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The largest land animals that have ever lived! Hear their story
@NHM_London
I loved the exhibit!
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A Patagonian racer “playing possum” the first snake I’ve ever seen in Uruguay.
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Digger, my burrowing owl enjoying another sizzler in the U.K. today. Hope he brings a drop of “lockdown” sunshine to you all?
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Another brilliant message! I have the replica Megalodon jaws we filmed for “Sea Monsters” bolted to the side of my house. Imagine a shark that hunted whales!
#金曜日だから化石貼る
#FossilFriday
#PrehistoricPark
Megalodon is shark armed with the strongest jaws ever. They would have caused deadly damage to their prey with guerrilla attack from beneath.
@Nigelmarven
challenges the dangerous sea to capture the footage of this hunt.
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We did some filming yesterday at the brilliant Jihalava Zoo in the Czech Republic and I met a rare CHINESE ALLIGATOR!
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A FAB Birthday in the mangroves in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We cut the cake before 7am Saws a rufous necked wood rail, a life bird on my Birthday!
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This weeks pet post features the best bits from Digger,my burrowing owls first year. Don’t miss the shot where he plays with some wood and loses his toy. He’s a great companion in these challenging times.
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You look great! Just arrived in Costa Rica from Saudi Arabia so exhausted, but this made me smile. Thank you.
My costume for our Halloween party this year was the legendary time traveler
@Nigelmarven
We tried to recreate this pic from prehistoric park, to the best of our ability.
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Digger coming from the opposite direction swooping down to snatch a cricket. He has pin point accuracy and never strafes my fingers with his talons.
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This was great! A close encounter with a kagu on the island of New Caledonia.
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How brilliant! I hosted episodes of “Walking with Cavemen” for Discovery US but they were never shown, because the Channel decided to go with a version hosted by Alec Baldwin. Thanks for finding the photo.
A few months ago someone uncovered this photograph of
@Nigelmarven
on the set of Walking with Cavemen, chatting to a Homo habilis. Would love to know the origin of this photo and how it came into being!
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My burrowing owl Digger playing with a locust today. He sometimes even rolls on his back! Owls really are “ feathered cats”
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Digger was the cutest of chicks. This video of my burrowing owl was taken on July 19th, 2019.
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I’m glad most of it has stood the test of time. Impossible Pictures and Framestore did a brilliant job with the CGI that really stands up, even today.
Random dino doc reviews: Chased By Dinosaurs, 2002. Presented by
@Nigelmarven
, CBD is a fun introduction to many new species as of ‘02. Why some info has fallen out of date, the light hearted style of this short series makes for a very fun watch. A respectable 7.5/10 here
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My first pet post! Sam, my snapper was a juvenile when I got him, but now he’s full grown, with a shell over 30cm long.
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Releasing Crocodylus acutus in protected mangroves with my great Salvadorean friends, Fernando, the Minister for the Environment and Miguel, the Director of Conservation.
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One of my favourite pictures of Misty, my 15 year old, great grey owl. Her head, nearly all feathers looks as big as mine!
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This will be great! A lot of work has gone into creating this land of the past!
In 3 days, travel back in time. The opening scene of Forgotten Bloodlines: Agate will release publicly! Starring
@Nigelmarven
with an original score by
@sarahclass
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Not a Komodo but another venomous lizard in peril, the Guatemalan beaded lizard. If you can help with a donation however small please go to All the money will help conservation efforts being made by my Guatemalan friends at the Heloderma reserve.
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What a companion Digger is! Warms the cockles of my heart.
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A REUNION WITH MY BURROWING OWL DIGGER. After 3 months of travel in Central America and the Caribbean I was worried he may have forgotten me.
@Chardbirder
has done a great job looking after this precious bird.
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An UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE European SUSLIKS and me in Muran NP. We’re filming for Wild Slovakia.
@UKinSlovakia
@slovakiawild
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My Guatemalan friends need your help. Dr Daniel Ariano dedicates his life to saving the critically endangered Guatemalan beaded lizard. The pandemic has starved his brilliant project of funds. Please donate if you can
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Hee hee! I escaped the jaws of death and made it back to the present day!
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A reminder of Digger, my burrowing owl. He’s 3 and a half now. I’ll be posting current videos of him in next couple of weeks. He’s as much fun as ever!
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In Costa Rica with an exquisite eyelash pit viper at the moment,but really looking forward to meeting some of you at
#TetZooCon
2023
@TetZoo
to talk dinosaurs and wildlife filming adventures.
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A black panther can be a Jaguar or a leopard. They’re both brilliant big cats!
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The town of SUCHITOTO in Central El Salvador. El Salvadoreans are SO friendly.
@ElSalvadorBirds
@MorenaValdezSV
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