March 27, 2008: Ele-Vision

xoxoxoBruce · 03-26-2008, 10:30 PM

In the remote Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India, a team filming a documentry on Tigers for the BBC, needed better pictures of the wary Tigers.

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Downer said he came up with the idea three years ago when his team started filming the tigers. He noticed how gently the forest elephants carried firewood to their camp and wondered if they'd be as delicate with a camera. "And they were," he enthused. "Elephants do not see tigers as a threat, and tigers are comfortable with elephants. So we had the perfect team."

The langur monkeys in the reserve provide fascinating pictures as they became transfixed by their reflections in the log-cams. The footage also resulted in incredible close-ups of jackals, boars and birds. Such access to wildlife usually eludes visitors.

This is the camera setup...

And one of the pictures from the Ele-Vision camera.

Be sure and check out the rest of the pictures at the Daily Mail.

And for you Brits...

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The three-part documentary Tiger: Spy In The Jungle begins on BBC1 on Sunday at 8pm.

Cloud · 03-26-2008, 10:33 PM

oddly, there seem to be no pics of tigers . . .

xoxoxoBruce · 03-26-2008, 10:44 PM

They're saving them for the TV show.

Cloud · 03-26-2008, 10:50 PM

tease!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-27-2008, 12:26 AM

Tiger elitist! I'm tellin' the Bears and Boars and Deer and Monkeys, on you. :p

Gravdigr · 03-27-2008, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tiger elitist! I'm tellin' the Bears and Boars and Deer and Monkeys, on you. :p

Only the monkey's can do anything about it...they're the ones with thumbs.

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xoxoxoBruce · 03-27-2008, 05:14 AM

You've obviously never pissed off a bear, boar or deer.

Cloud · 03-27-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tiger elitist! I'm tellin' the Bears and Boars and Deer and Monkeys, on you. :p

rrrroooowwr!

LabRat · 03-27-2008, 10:50 AM

That is so freaking cool. I'll have to keep an eye out to see if it ever airs on this side of the pond. Sweet!

Trilby · 03-27-2008, 11:45 AM

Doesn't it seem strange that huffalumps don't see tigg-ers as a threat when I've seen a pack of lionesses ambush and take down a huffalump?

Beest · 03-27-2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Doesn't it seem strange that huffalumps don't see tigg-ers as a threat when I've seen a pack of lionesses ambush and take down a huffalump?

Plural being the important point (that'd be pride then

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The wonderful thing about Tiggers is, I'm the only one

Tigers are also solitary and do not hunt in groups. (I think

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Cloud · 03-27-2008, 12:17 PM

I think they're only scared of 6-year olds with pop guns.

Clodfobble · 03-27-2008, 01:43 PM

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Elephants do not see tigers as a threat, and tigers are comfortable with elephants.

However, Mythbusters proved elephants will do just about anything to avoid a mouse.

HungLikeJesus · 03-27-2008, 01:54 PM

I'm still trying to figure out why elephants need firewood.

And, if the elephants took the pictures, why are they copyright John Downer?

Shawnee123 · 03-27-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I'm still trying to figure out why elephants need firewood.~snip~

that's a damn good question!

Also, do they have cameras in every piece of wood lying around? How could they know which logs the elephants are going to carry by the tiger?

03-26-2008, 10:33 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	oddly, there seem to be no pics of tigers . . . __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're saving them for the TV show. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	tease! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-27-2008, 12:26 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tiger elitist! I'm tellin' the Bears and Boars and Deer and Monkeys, on you. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You've obviously never pissed off a bear, boar or deer. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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03-27-2008, 12:17 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I think they're only scared of 6-year olds with pop guns. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'm still trying to figure out why elephants need firewood. And, if the elephants took the pictures, why are they copyright John Downer? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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