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A deer's-eye view
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| November 2, 2005
| Credit: University of Missouri
Posted on 11/04/2005 9:46:17 AM PST by george76
Researchers at the University of Missouri have mounted wireless video cameras on white-tailed deer to get a better idea of how the animals see their world and what's behind their behavior.
The battery-run cameras with miniature transmitters were placed between the antlers of two bucks and round the neck of one doe.
The images are sent electronically to VHS tape for recording.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant for the work...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: deerodeer; g76; holdmuhdeer; ohdeer
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To: george76
Deer don't have forward binocular vision like predators, they have a much wider field of view. Any forward oriented camera would miss lots of what the deer may be keying on.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:07:28 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: glorgau
Do not give them any more ideas.
They might mount three cameras on that deer.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:09:31 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
That doesn't look very miniature to me! Wasted our money on old tech.
To: YouPosting2Me
Deercam...
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:30:54 AM PST
by
kenth
(A zot! A zot! My kingdom for a zot!)
To: george76
Their motivations?????
Survival, sex, and food. Any other dumb@ss questions?
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:31:03 AM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: clee1
Survival, sex, and food. Any other dumb@ss questions? Add beer and you have my whole MO.
To: george76
They're in my backyard, demanding three meals a day.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:35:06 AM PST
by
hershey
To: george76
Just think how many lives may be saved.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:35:24 AM PST
by
gwhiz
To: Recovering Hermit
Sounds like a good bumper sticker: Will fark for burgers, beer, and a pillow. ;)
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:35:55 AM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: hershey
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:36:39 AM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: george76
Face it. Any Buck with all that hardware on his head ain't gonna be providing them with any "deer-porn." The does will be avoiding him.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:42:47 AM PST
by
commonasdirt
(Reading DU so you won't hafta)
To: george76
Stag movies!
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:43:39 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(When it rains, New Orleans makes its own gravy.)
To: george76
Can we do this with Howard Dean??
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:44:34 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: george76
And then the picture went blank.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:48:08 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
In a related story.
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:13:51 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: kenth; Paleo Conservative
Hat tip to Paleo...
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:16:35 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
One million dollars and all we taxpayers get is a lousy VHS tape? I want my money back.
The pictures so far on this thread, however, are worth at least a million!
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:19:10 AM PST
by
JHL
To: ZULU; RummyChick; KimmyJaye; jocon307; HKMk23
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:20:24 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
$1,000,000 for three cameras and a receiver?
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:21:56 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: R. Scott; ModelBreaker; Morgan in Denver; coloradan
Do not forget all the Beer.
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:27:01 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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