Thursday, March 1, 2012

BeetleCam: remote-controlled cameras get up close to lions in the Masai Mara

...Controlling BeetleCam from the back of an open-top jeep, the brothers were able to infiltrate a group of seven lion cubs and a  male lion eating a freshly killed wildebeest at sunrise. We will have a gallery of BeetleCam images on the Telegraph site later today.
"My brother Matt once again joined me and we headed for the Masai Mara in Kenya, home to an astonishing density of very large lions!" As the days progressed the BeetleCams managed to infiltrate several prides, including groups of wily cubs. Playful and inquisitive, the cubs surrounded BeetleCam before flipping it over and carrying it into a bush for a closer inspection. Luckily the cubs soon lost interest and the BeetleCams, which the brothers are now building bespoke versions to order for other photographers around the world, lived to photograph another day.

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