Within a 15km radius we have deployed 22 trip cams. They a very simple. They have sensors which start video recording when they detect any motion. By this logic when an animal walks past the camera records a video of it and saves it. Each month the videos are downloaded and the batteries are changed. The cameras have been in place now for a number of months and have caught a variety of interesting animals including leopards, chimps, pongos, civets and genets.
This month when downloading the videos from a camera trap about 1.5km from camp when we found a video of an animal that we did not no for sure was here. It is an animal that would be awesome if it did exist around here but also potentially problematic in terms of general safety. Ladies and gentlemen that animal is none other than a fucking LION. I cannot tell you how excited we all were to see this video, it rocks. Here are a couple of screen shots.
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| The Lion (UPP / MPI EVAN) |
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| Another screenshot of the same Lion (UPP / MPI EVAN) |
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