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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

13 camera traps, 6.5 years, and 1 rare clouded leopard: Photography once again helps wildlife conservation as researchers set a record for the longest a single animal has been studied

A Sundra spotted leopard walking in a forest at night.

It’s hard to quantify just how much the use of cameras has helped scientists, especially researchers tracking endangered species who otherwise may never get a sighting of the animals in their lives.

And now, thanks to a network of camera traps and, of course, the researchers analyzing the footage, a rare Sunda clouded leopard has been tracked for a record-breaking 6.5 years across the forest of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.

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