Re: [Nettime-bold] panda porn

[Beatrice Beaubien <i2eye@mac.com>]

Well...

I appreciate that the microphones are super-sensitive, but surely the level of ambient sound could be one reason why these poor creatures aren't mating.

>cinematic zoo politics
>
>>>
>Mei Xiang and Tian Tian may be the most closely watched pandas in the
>world, with 20 cameras trained on them 24 hours a day. [Military]
>Motion sensors strategically placed throughout the panda
>house, inside and out, can detect their every move. Microphones pick
>up every bleat or chirp. All the super surveillance is to help
>National Zoo researchers track the pandas' behavior and gain a better
>understanding of how they interact, eat, breed and handle stress. The
>ultimate goal is to determine how these endangered creatures can move
>from captivity back to the wild. The National Zoo will share its
>findings with the zoos in Atlanta and San Diego as well as with
>Chinese panda researchers.
><<
>
>(watch at night, realplayer needed)
>http://animal.discovery.com/cams/panda.ram

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