Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Description: (NECN) - You've probably heard of a "bird's eye" view, but what about a tiger's eye view? Experience life through the eyes of animals with "Crittercam," a new exhibit now open at the Museum of Science in Bosto...
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" Each week we took -- into the wild with the help of our credible partners that the international fund for animal welfare today we're giving you a look at some of the species iPhone works to protect. With a sneak peek at a new exhibit called critter cam at the Museum of Science in Boston. Here today to tell us more is -- Fontaine museum's vice president of education. All we thank you for being here it's great to be here I cannot wait to see some of -- I have not seen any of the scenes from critics yet yet -- my producer has been just raving about them well."
" You leave her that'll sang a bird's eye view. And this is that the subtitles -- that is the world through animal lives and so the exhibit theme is. -- miniaturized cameras attached them to a wide variety of species. And see what the world looks like from that animals' lives it could be penguins. It could be -- turtle that could be lions could be a house cat. And it's. You have an idea of what that animal might -- but it's an incredible. View of the world. Through that animals. Like this is remarkable and it makes you wonder that critics cannot just and presto we actually learn something from the exam. It was invented in 1986 by a wildlife researcher who was studying sharks. And could only spend a few seconds with -- because they swim off and the distance and he saw Rivera. Attached to the underside of the shock and he thought if I could do that were more I could file -- And so he created this prototype camera. Because it was waterproof and attached to the shark and was able to see you follow for a couple of hours what that animals off. And that was the beginning of research into animal behavior. That -- putting the the ground truth on where these animals feed and breed and there interactions with -- other animals in their species. And that it. Over 300 animals have been tagged with these critter -- and different researchers around the world have followed -- since that time -- have gotten smaller. They interfere with the animals the national behavior. There there. -- go to the extreme to make sure that they don't interfere program. Behavior. Cameras are taxed it away so that they can either be electronically released or over the course of a few hours. Just dissolved and in the attachments release -- the camera goes away so. The alliance seemed to be a little curious about -- this around my neck but many other species this does go about their business."
" Upon your time even if any about Ryan versus cats in critter -- world."
" You have video of a pride of lines and and here they are you can see the camera around the animal's neck. And it looks like you know there -- a bunch -- house cats -- playing with each other very benign and fun. And they put a camera host -- And the house cat. If you wonder -- your cat does in the during the day it's because what they're reading at night. The capital I that's I was although I end up. Got a mouse and you saw how this mouse was was consumed by the cat so I thought I broke my colleagues used the cat was acting like -- lion in Iraq and unlike the house yet."
" But this is a great we just cut their teeth of the exhibit integrate recent gotomeeting the -- you know I'm going to check in at that thank you for being here are welcome thanks for inviting."