BeetleCam in Land of Giants

By leaving the BeetleCam motionless next to waterholes and paths, the elephants quickly came to ignore it. At times it was a bit nerve-racking to have my camera just inches from such colossal animals, but they rarely touched it. The greatest threat to BeetleCam came when fighting erupted between bad-tempered elephants jostling for position at the waterhole; in this manner, BeetleCam was inadvertently kicked a few times, but fortunately always emerged unscathed.
View the resulting photographs in my new book www.landofgiantsbook.com/
Learn more about the spectacular tusker in my blog post blog.burrard-lucas.com/2019/03...
In partnership with Tsavo Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service.

[@gojoe36]

Camera+Remote Control Vehicle = BeetleCam + Software = Brilliant IDEA

[@saravana3061987]

1.40 she is stunningly beautiful! Love her! Congratz! Mr.Will

[@GeorgesPiriou]

Love and respect.

[@jercommm]

Well done Will. Good thing one of them didn't use your cam for a stepping stone.

[@safeharbor7]

That was fun, much enjoyed... Thumbs up...

[@GeorgeKofoed]

Love your work, Will!

[@AmazingAfricaByPooja]

Are you planning to visit Kenya with your Beetle cam .. i would like to join with you to see it .. seems a lot of fun !!!

[@pascalgaudette8973]

Great video, but I think that the mood of the music is a bit off during the footage of F_MU1, whose age, grace and stateliness would be better served by something a bit more "grand", IMHO. (You could also cut to some of your fantastic stills of her for a moment during that footage.) But all in all stunning work, and thank you (and your collaborators) for bringing us images of this veritable elder of planet Earth...

[@simon_patterson]

Interesting, the music stood out to me as perfectly celebrating all the elephants in a very African way, as both young and old do in Africa.

[@florfigueira7256]

Felicitaciones, increíble trabajo!!

[@MrGardenRoute]

Amazing work Will, especially the shots of the old F_Mu1 female are incredible !
I heard that she died a few days later?

[@AfricaTravelResource]

Great insight into how the Beetlecam operates! Top quality footage!

[@johnm.wenitongpemulwuyweeatung]

Such majestic creatures - thank you :)

[@GeorgeVlad]

Brilliant video, but the music seems a bit random.

[@starseedstarot4light872]

Genius is an understatement 🕹🕹 😄😄😁😁😊wow so lovely 🥰

[@WalkingDrivingFlyingLasVegas]

Inspiring, to say the least!

[@sebastianrosker1617]

I love it! gorgeous

[@Vyserk]

Great design for your BeetleCam, good job !

[@cloismeg]

Amazing creatures
Alhamdulillah!

[@ravia4199]

😍🤗👌👍👏🐘

[@aimanhalim8879]

Came here from 9Gag. Amazing work. :-)

[@RaulRodriguez-fj4mo]

workrd-Lucas

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Cool :)

[@georgeshammond9141]

Shouldn't you credit the music too?