Animals Archive
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Chernobyl wildlife at trap camera sight
Once got in astonishment from the trail cameras results, it is hardly possible to avoid the wish to repeat these emotions more and more. This passion is like narcomania, and poignant waiting is treated only by new pictures and new cameras. Though pure scientific interest was in the beginning, it is easy to lose the [...] -
The trail camera in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Over 6 years American scientists together with International Radioecology Laboratory (Slavutych, Ukraine) collected a lot of amazing shots: elk (European moos), red deer, roe deer, wild boar, fox, hare, badger, Przevalsky horse, raccoon dog, beaver, otter, polecat, hedgehog and some birds got into the frames. That time we used to apply white flash cameras. Recently I got a new digital infra-red system, it significantly widens abilities of wildlife researchers: to record new species or new their habitats, to get relative estimation of the critters population, to reveal their preferences or seasonal behavior, etc. etc. -
Photos of Reptile, Insect, Amphibia in Chernobyl zone
Photo collection of reptile, amphibian shot in the territory of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. -
Bats in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Photo of bats by S.Gaschak, S.Paskevych, E.Samilov, E.Alfimov which was find on the territory of Chernobyl zone. Nyctalus leisleri Plecotus auritus Pipistrellus pygmaeus Pipistrellus kuhlii Pipistrellus nathusii Myotis dasycneme Myotis daubentonii Pipistrellus pipistrellus Nyctalus noctula Eptesicus serotinus -
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Chernobyl zone
In the middle of last century the red deer was introduced into hunting preserves of the Chernobyl region and adjacent territories. At present, red deer can be found virtually anywhere in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. -
Wild boar in Chernobyl
Characteristics of the wild boar population in the Chernobyl Zone The wild boar is one of the most numerous ungulates in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. It must be noted that at the beginning of the twentieth century, wild boars, due to intensive hunting, were on the brink of extinction at the Polesye. -
Automatic photography of wild animal in chernobyl zone
Present results of wild animal study by using of automatic camera. All pictures were created directly on the territory of Chernobyl zone of alienation. -
“tsar’s hunt” on the European bison in Ukraine
principal reasons of the European bison’s tragedy in Ukraine are caused not only by the absence of vital space and impoverished genetics of the remaining species. Much more important causes are presented by negligent and irresponsible attitude of those state structures and officials, whose responsibility is to protect the kind, as well as by avidity and unscrupulousness of the mighty and rich. As many justifications as possible may be found for those, who ventured a “sale” or murder of the European bison for the sake of their own survival in the conditions of completely absent state support. -
Wolf in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Wolf photo in chernobyl exclusion zone. Unique video about predator in exclusion zone.
