Using a Camera Trap to Capture Mountain Lions

Alexander and his team decided to capitalize on the dramatic facial features of mountain lions. They added a few gadgets to their camera traps so that when motion was detected, a cougar kitten call was played. This noise repeatedly piqued the interest of passer by pomas,. So that they looked up long enough for the camera trap to grab a face shot. Compared to the traditional side angle camera trap, the new attention getting device was about 92 % more accurate.