His work includes some genuine world-firsts in wildlife filming. James managed to capture a wild rattlesnake hunting (never previously observed) and snakes jumping across a mudflat in the Far East (behaviour which is new to science). Despite spending a great deal of time in close proximity to a wide range of dangerous animals including Polar Bears, Lions, Cheetahs and Crocodiles, he has so far escaped largely unscathed with only a small Piranha bite.