Leopard not pleased by camera

• by ksigler moderator

  Thought this was awesome -- a leopard checks out the camera, growls a bit and gives it a couple good bumps: ACP0003y40 ACP0003y41 ACP0003y42 ACP0003y43

  

  Posted May 12, 2015 11:24 PM

• by maureenmccarthy scientist, moderator

  Great footage! What a beautiful leopard. 😃

  Posted May 13, 2015 10:18 AM

• by DataDroid moderator

  Leopards really seem to dislike the cameras. Many of the leopard videos show them pushing them around.

  Posted May 13, 2015 1:01 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  As far as I know this isn't a dislike of the cameras but rather part of their scent marking behaviour. Actually some scientists use this natural behaviour to combine camera trap images with noninvasive genetic samples like here: http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/viewFile/4657/pdf_4657

  Posted May 18, 2015 10:49 PM

• by Quia moderator

  Very clever! I can just imagine frustration from having all these cats moving the cameras turning into joy when someone realized they could use that behavior to gather samples.

  Posted May 19, 2015 5:10 AM