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'''Shekar Dattatri''' is an Indian herpetologist and wildlife filmmaker from [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|author=PPeeyus pradhan |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/for-many-wildlife-photography-is-a-quest-for-trophies-not-conservation-shekar-dattatri-wildlife-film-maker/585259/ |title=For many, wildlife photography is a quest for trophies, not conservation: Shekar Dattatri, Wildlife Film-maker |publisher=The Financial Express |date=2017-03-12 |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=PUBLISHED November 25, 2016 |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/shekar-dattatri-explorer-moments-raising-awareness-about-Indias-wild/ |title=Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation |publisher=News.nationalgeographic.com |date=2016-11-25 |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Shekar Dattatri's lifelong fascination with wildlife began at the age of 13, when he joined the famous Madras Snake Park as a student-volunteer. This led to [[nature photography]] and, subsequently, to filmmaking.<ref>{{cite web|author=Shoba Narayan |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/q5G3cpm2vyvLiS8M6lz3gJ/The-filmmaker-and-the-entrepreneur-Shekar-Dattatri-and-Ramk.html |title=The filmmaker and the entrepreneur: Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan |publisher=Livemint |date= |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/education/work-for-the-joy-of-it/article18052676.ece |title=Work for the joy of it: Shekar Dattatri |publisher=The Hindu |date=2017-04-16 |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref> He also was among the discoverers of the snake species ''[[Oligodon nikhili]]''.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
*[[Romulus Whitaker|Whitaker, Romulus]]; Dattatri, Shekar (1982). "A new species of ''Oligodon'' from the Palni Hills, South India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' '''79''' (3): 630-631. (''Oligodon nikhili'', new species).<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''[[The Truth About Tigers]]''<br />
*A cooperative for Snake Catchers<br />
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