The mountains of Central Asia may seem barren – but there’s A LOT of funny business going on along those steep mountain slopes! Check out some of the fun pictures our research cameras have captured over the last months!
We’ve watched some critters have dinner…
… and become dinner themselves a bit later…
Meanwhile, a bunny looks for answers from above…
While cats, being cats (and the undisputed apex predator of these mountains), have some fun playing catch…
Our remote-sensor research cameras, deployed deep in the snow leopard’s rugged mountain habitat, take a photo whenever they detect a passing animal through movement and body heat. They snap thousands of pictures of birds, marmots, sheep, occasional bears and even stray dogs – and, of course, the elusive snow leopard!
The snow leopard images allow us to estimate and monitor cat populations and figure out which areas are most crucial for their survival.