Alan Root, Oft-Bitten Wildlife Filmmaker, Dies at 80 Mr. Root, often working with his first wife, Joan, came up with inventive ways to capture striking images of African animals and their ecosystems. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Trilobites: This Hummingbird Chirps Like an Insect. Can It Hear Its Own Sound?Take a Number: Afraid of Snakes? Wasps and Dogs Are DeadlierGlobal Health: Yellow Fever Circles Brazil’s Huge CitiesThe Price They PayTrilobites: A Supercolony of Penguins Has Been Found Near AntarcticaMind: Bring Back the Asylums? Critics Fear a New Wave of Abuse