Far Eastern leopards "addicted" to selfies
The Amur leopards that live in the national Park "Land of leopard", last year ceased to be afraid of camera traps. Predators approaching the camera, sniffing the lens body, involuntarily making a series of selfies.
"First of all, for science to essentially get pictures of the sides of the leopard. Specifically they are the original patterns of spots, which are identification of animals. The tasks of scientific workers was never to capture the full face of predators, but over time these images began appearing in the "land of the leopard" on a regular basis. Considering opinion of experts, to some extent, this can be explained by the fact that over time, the animals began to get used to the cameras installed across the landscape of the national Park", - is told in the news of the national Park.
It turns out when triggered, the camera makes a sound. The presence of a number of unknown clicking the box at first, had alarmed the animals, but the predators had ceased to fear it. Over time the camera became one of the pointers of the behavior of leopards. If a part of them as before passes by dispassionately or with fear, we are studying other camera, inadvertently making a series of selfies.
So, leopardess bury this spring, "danced" in front of the camera, leopards Valera, Simba and Typhoon often appeared in the lens. Leopard Leo 82Un did "exercises" in front of a camera trap in September of this year. Plenty of stretching, lying belly up, this leopard walked up and took a picture with her mouth open, informs RIA Novosti.
Photo monitoring of large felids and other animal species is the "Land of the leopard" since 2013. The national Park employs about 300 camera traps. In most cases, cameras are installed near animal trails, and on the heights from which the animals visiting the area. Note that the far Eastern leopard is listed in Russian and international Red books. The species population is about 50 individuals.
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