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Bear Takes Hundreds of “Selfies”
01/27/2023 1:28 p.m
In the US, a curious bear becomes a surprise fan of wildlife cameras. Coyotes and marmots don’t stand a chance once morest the selfie bear. The internet community celebrates the photogenic animal.
When the Boulder, Colo., Open Space and Mountain Parks Team (OSMP) installed new wildlife cameras, they had a clear goal in mind. It wanted to track down the animals living in the area and get an overview of what is actually crawling and fleeing.
For example, coyotes, beavers, marmots and black bears were to be expected, passing the camera on their forays and triggering it. The conservationists were all the more surprised when they evaluated the 580 images from the motion-controlled cameras. About 400 pictures always showed the same bear, which seemed to be very enthusiastic regarding the camera.
“In this case, a bear was particularly interested in one of our wildlife cameras and took the opportunity to take hundreds of ‘selfies,'” said Phillip Yates, a spokesman for Open Space and Mountain Parks. “These pictures made us laugh, and we thought others would too,” Yates said. So they shared a selection of the footage on Twitter.
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In fact, the images are extremely entertaining. The bear can be seen in a variety of shots, from the front, from the side, from behind, sometimes just one paw. When the OSMP team shared the images on Twitter, many responded enthusiastically. OSMP’s Lindsay Young told NBC: “People are very excited regarding the bear pictures we’ve taken.”
The pictures are from last year.
(Foto: Twitter/@boulderosmp)
The Open Space and Mountain Parks team has nine cameras spread across approximately 46,000 acres. They are placed in corridors where animals are likely to roam, such as underpasses. The OSMP team also uses footprints in the snow or deer trails that cross fence lines for orientation. The cameras are activated when an animal steps in front of them. Then individual photos can be taken, but video sequences of 10 to 30 seconds are also possible.
The images are used, among other things, to map wildlife areas. This captures how local wildlife species use the landscape. At night, the cameras use infrared light to take photos. That and the automated triggering should minimize the presence of people in sensitive living spaces. In any case, the bear had enough time and rest for an impressive number of photos.