How camera traps let jaguars take 'selfies'
In 1803 James Audubon tied threads to the legs of songbirds to find out about their migration. In the 21st century new technology has created a revolution in animal tracking and discovered some miraculous journeys previously unknown to scientists.
A new book Where the Animals Go by Dr. James Cheshire, a geographer and mapmaker and by Oliver Uberti, an illustrator and wildlife writer has captured some of these discoveries.
They told 麻豆社 Radio 4's The World at One that by using camera traps in the Amazon "you allow jaguars to photograph themselves and show you the range of their moves".
(Photo: Female Jaguar stalking in the water Credit: 麻豆社)
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