Ebook: Candid creatures: how camera traps reveal the mysteries of natur
Author: Kays Roland
- Tags: Animal behavior, Animals, Wildlife photography, Pictorial works, Animals -- Pictorial works, Animal behavior -- Pictorial works
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- City: Baltimore
- Language: English
- epub
In Candid Creatures, the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600 remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of color and night-vision photographs collected by hundreds of researchers, Kays has selected images that show the unique perspectives of wildlife from throughout the world. Using these photos, he tells the stories of scientific discoveries that camera traps have enabled, such as living proof of species thought to have been extinct and details of predator and prey interactions.
Each image captures a moment frozen in the camera's flash as animals move through their wild habitats. Kays also discusses how scientists use camera traps to address conservation issues, creating solutions that allow humans and wild animals to coexist. More than just a collection of amazing animal pictures, the book's text, maps, and illustrations work together to describe...