I hope the next experiment doesn't involve knuckledusters and a coupla toughs called Vinnie & Mac

[nanila]

The bloke brought home an infrared camera from the forest he's doing experiments in at the moment. Naturally we set it up in the back garden overnight.

And we learnt we have hedgehogs!

"Hedgehog in IR" (Watch on YouTube)

[11 second YouTube video]

Less surprising was the discovery that we have a Telstar.

"Telstar in IR" (Watch on YouTube)

[11 second YouTube video]

This evening he said he had to nip to Homebase to get some supplies for tomorrow's forest experiment. This is what he came home with.

• hose clamps
  
• gaffer tape
  
• cable ties
  
• heavy-duty plastic sheeting

Currently trying to decide whether or not I should be worried.

Comments

[quoththeravyn]

There were rumors in my parents' neighborhood (right up against a National Forest in Colorado) of bears and an occasional mountain lion on the prowl. New folks moved in and didn't believe it, but since they found one for sale, they bought a motion-activated IR camera and set it up in their back yard.

First night produced a wonderfully-centered portrait of a mountain lion right in their yard!

Ain't technology wonderful?

[nanila]

That's fantastic! The biggest (non-agricultural) mammalian entity likely to appear in our garden is...a badger.

It would be cool to see a badger, though!