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Animal Videographer Shows Tricks of the Trade

Aired July 12, 2003 - 15:41   ET

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ANN KELLAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Looking at the world from the eyes from the eyes of an armadillo, or a scorpion. Animal videographer, Sam Easterson, has made a profession out of putting tiny cameras onto wild animals' heads to see their point of view.

SAM EASTERSON, ANIMAL VIDEOGRAPHER: I think scientists can learn about how these animals move through space. From a behavioral standpoint there's a lot to be learned, too.

KELLAN: Especially when other animals show up. Wolf finds snake or meets another wolf. Getting a camera on a wild animal isn't easy. Since Easterson doesn't anesthetize the animals, he often gets help from professional animal handlers. Even so cameras stay on at most an hour.

EASTERSON: This is a camera for an armadillo. I usually study the animal first to figure out what angle I want to have. This camera just quickly wrappes around a buffalo's horn, it's just a bungee cord. And then this last camera, Ann, it's just a little camera that I put on a tarantula that just weighs maybe a half an ounce to an ounce.

KELLAN: From a tarantula to swimming with an alligator, even plants like tumbleweeds get into the role. There's a fee to access the videos, but Easterson hopes someday to assemble a library of all these views for all to study and enjoy.

Ann Kellan, CNN, Atlanta.

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Aired July 12, 2003 - 15:41   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANN KELLAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Looking at the world from the eyes from the eyes of an armadillo, or a scorpion. Animal videographer, Sam Easterson, has made a profession out of putting tiny cameras onto wild animals' heads to see their point of view.

SAM EASTERSON, ANIMAL VIDEOGRAPHER: I think scientists can learn about how these animals move through space. From a behavioral standpoint there's a lot to be learned, too.

KELLAN: Especially when other animals show up. Wolf finds snake or meets another wolf. Getting a camera on a wild animal isn't easy. Since Easterson doesn't anesthetize the animals, he often gets help from professional animal handlers. Even so cameras stay on at most an hour.

EASTERSON: This is a camera for an armadillo. I usually study the animal first to figure out what angle I want to have. This camera just quickly wrappes around a buffalo's horn, it's just a bungee cord. And then this last camera, Ann, it's just a little camera that I put on a tarantula that just weighs maybe a half an ounce to an ounce.

KELLAN: From a tarantula to swimming with an alligator, even plants like tumbleweeds get into the role. There's a fee to access the videos, but Easterson hopes someday to assemble a library of all these views for all to study and enjoy.

Ann Kellan, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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