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Live cam: A watering hole in Africa!
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http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/n...a/wildcam.html
"Embark on a quiet adventure and watch wildlife gather at Pete's Pond. Baby baboons scurry in the dust. Wildebeests push and shove to make room at the watering hole. Warthogs wallow in the mud. Catch these moments and more in these"
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a solitary firefly flies at nite
into the darkness an endless flight
a million flashes of delight.
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The cam was just eaten by a giant frog...damn!
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Amazing how popular this particular cam has become all of a sudden. Third forum I've seen it on. It's just a bit of water, innit?
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That would make a cool widget
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"In darkness there is strength, therefore strength is darkness."
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The frog must be gone now. I see an elephant standing next to the pond. The camera moved around some.
The elephant is now moving out of field.
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The camera moved over to where the elephant moved to.
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That's seriously live right now, with that elephant there? That's so awesome.
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I wonder what the deal was with the frog. I didn't see it. I wonder how they got it off the camera.
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What kind of animal is that? Some kind of dog or deer?
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Back to the elephant. The elephant has layed down into the pond poking his trunk up out of the water to breath.
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who's controlling the cam? Pete?
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This is so cool!
The camera is automated at night, but not during the day.
"The ops center at Pete's Pond is situated in the wooden 'hide' overlooking the waterhole. The camera is in the bell housing at the top of the long pole, the floodlights are midway up the poles and the directional microphone is on the tripod below the floodlights. Mariaan, our volunteer camera operator, operates the camera via computer from within the hide. See the photies, which will hopefully accompany this note"
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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Pretty neat stuff. Saw an elephant and jackal last night; this morning had tons of birds and other stuff.
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Two lions and a hawk are playing monopoly.
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Now some antlered guys are screwing around near the water... now they are drinking it. This is great.
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Wow... its like TV... only less interesting.
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Originally Posted by JoshuaZ
Wow... its like TV... only way more interesting.
Fixed.
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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I can't see no hamsters! Maybe they could start my internet!
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I saw zebras and a herd of elephants before drinking, pretty cool.
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Oh, look. A lion! And a tiger...
Waittaminnit... there aren't tigers in africa! That's a kid in a tigger costume! And that's not a lion! That's a golden retriever with some fake fur tied around its neck! And the watering hole... is a kid's wading pool buried in the ground! Goddamn it lads! We've been had!
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
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My daugther told me those are Gazells.
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Originally Posted by Buckaroo
My daugther told me those are Gazells.
Don`t eat them, because they are filled with evil!
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Originally Posted by JoshuaZ
Don`t eat them, because they are filled with evil!
You win.
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Originally Posted by Cubeoid
You win.
Do I get a prize? One without animals in it?
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Originally Posted by JoshuaZ
Do I get a prize? One without animals in it?
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I love prizes linked from outside images. Ones that can't be displayed. Ahh... the memories.
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Is the webcam loading for anyone?
I saw a crocodile eat something earlier, but the autofocus kept messing it up. Then later a hyena looking critter came, then a lion, then a bunch of elephants. Cool!
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All the animals will eat eachother, if they don't, they should.
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What the hell?!
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I thought it would be cool until I realized it was Real Media. Then I remembered how you could encode the coolest most amazing thing in the world in real media and it would suddenly be not even worth watching.
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Originally Posted by quote68
I thought it would be cool until I realized it was Real Media. Then I remembered how you could encode the coolest most amazing thing in the world in real media and it would suddenly be not even worth watching.
Its sad. And true. So so so so so true.
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Cubeoid likes real media. He likes it.
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I only utilize real media when I'm at Pete's Pond.
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
I only utilize real media when I'm at Pete's Pond.
Pete's Pond is a stupid name. It should have an African name. Like Zulu's Pond or something.
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