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Deer Cam, November 18, 2006
Here are some photos of the set up to observe predators and savengers at the deer.
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Set up: Nove 18, 2006. Solar panel and deep cycle battery to left, camera on tripod with sandbags in center. Additional IR LEDs are on the sandbag nearest the deer. Deer in foreground. |
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Nov 18, 2006. During the previous night, the deer body was partially eaten and then grass, some soil and sticks were scraped up to cover the opening. This is done by mountian lions and bobcats. The exposed meat is thus shaded and protected from flies that lay eggs. However, as you can see below, the flies are amazingly abundant. |
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The black spot is a small patch of meat left exposed by the cat that is eating the deer. The flies are laying eggs that in turn will eat the meat. Where the cat has covered the carcass, the files cannot lay eggs. However.... |
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If you look into the cavity, you can see the flies busy laying eggs essentially cover every bit of surface available of exposed tissue. In a matter of only a few days the fly larva can consume most of the carcass. So, the race is on between the cat and the flies. |