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Falcons Hunting Crows POV
Falcons, with cameras mounted on them, hunting crows.
Enjoy!
Falcons pursue prey using visual motion cues: new perspectives from animal-borne cameras
This study reports on experiments on falcons wearing miniature videocameras mounted on their backs or heads while pursuing flying prey. Videos of hunts by a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), gyrfalcon (F. rusticolus)/Saker falcon (F. cherrug) hybrids and peregrine falcons (F. peregrinus) were analyzed to determine apparent prey positions on their visual fields during pursuits. These video data were then interpreted using computer simulations of pursuit steering laws observed in insects and mammals. A comparison of the empirical and modeling data indicates that falcons use cues due to the apparent motion of prey on the falcon’s visual field to track and capture flying prey via a form of motion camouflage. The falcons also were found to maintain their prey’s image at visual angles consistent with using their shallow fovea. These results should prove relevant for understanding the co-evolution of pursuit and evasion, as well as the development of computer models of predation and the integration of sensory and locomotion systems in biomimetic robots.
Xena The Warrior Puppy
Xena the Warrior Puppy, rescued from abuse, helps an 8-year-old boy with autism overcome his anxiety.
This is a great inspirational story of a match made in heaven!
Johnny struggled with social anxiety. Despite the love and support of his family, he continued to struggle with being out in public. That is, until he met Xena. Though he had never connected with the other two dogs in his family, something about Xena clicked with him.
Smothered By Bunnies
A man happily gets swarmed and smothered by friendly bunnies on Japan’s Rabbit Island.
This is the first episode in the Bunny Island Series, featuring Ōkunoshima (大久野島), a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is often called Usagi Jima (ウサギ島, “Rabbit Island”) because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island; they are rather tame and will approach humans.
In this video, a herd of rabbits swarm their feeder and have no reservations climbing all over his body to get at the delicious pellets during their mealtime.
Eagle Steals Camera
Mason Colby was filming eagles eating salmon with his GoPro camera when one of them swooped down, grabbed the camera and flew away it.
Set up my go pro next to some salmon heads from the days catch to film the eagles eating and next thing I know, one of them swoops down and snags the camera right off the ground. It carried it up to a mile away and I lost sight of it. For four hours we searched in the rain until I finally found it and the camera was still intact. So glad I got the footage!
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