Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Lawn Mowing?
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computerji
Do we tend to get a larger proportion of a certain set of animal behaviors in close-up shots (resting for instance) because the immediate area around many of the camera traps has shorter grass due to the lawn-mowing / weed-whacking needed to keep the field of view clear? We get a lot of animals standing right in front of the camera or resting right at its base: are they picking that spot because (a) the camera interests them, (b) the shorter grass appeals to them, (c) the camera is placed somewhere they already liked to rest, (d) all of the above, some of the above, and/or something else?
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kosmala
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Many of the cameras are attached to trees in the mostly open plains. Animals seek out the trees during the day to get out of the hot sun.
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dms246
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Something else I've noticed, which supports (c), is that you tend to see the same animals in the same places. There's a particular couple of cameras that nearly always have hartebeests hanging out next to them, and you rarely see any other animals there. Seems like the hartebeests already had those trees staked out as their favourite shady places to rest during the hottest parts of the day.
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