Professors Liu Hsiao-ju and Yuan Hsiao-wei of the Academia Sinica had done specialized research on the tern, and their scholarly assistance became the catalyst for this new film.
中研院研究員劉小如與台大森林系副教授袁孝維，對燕鷗素有研究，而他們的學術支援成了這部新作的催化劑。