Flight of imagination to save bird

Tao often chooses nights to record her own voice in her wardrobe. "I can avoid interference by external noises and echoes that can happen in a bigger environment of the living room."

Tao often has to pull all-nighters two nights in a row before the release of an episode. Although it has been a lot of work, Tao has enjoyed the process. She says she spent about 12 months exploring ways to shape clay, shoot for the animation and only went out once for dinner with friends.

The first episode was released on her social media accounts in July 2020 and has attracted more than 10,000 viewers. "Although it had some rough edges, it was something beyond my expectation."

To date, Tao has made more than 20 episodes and she's getting better at it. Some 20 days are now spent on making an episode. Her animation was recommended by friends to be played at a Spring Festival gala for overseas Chinese in North America earlier this year.

Tao says she is working on a documentary that she expects to release on social media by the end of the year. "I'd like to show people the real circumstances in which green peafowls are living, so it might appeal to a wider audience."

Moving forward, she would like to introduce more lesser-known endangered animals to the public via entertainment programs.

"I hope human beings and animals live in harmony."