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Subject: (OT) Awesome Live Water Hole in Africa


Acadia ( ) posted Sat, 07 October 2006 at 10:28 PM · edited Wed, 11 December 2024 at 5:16 PM

Attached Link: http://www.wavelit.com/index.asp?ch=Wildlife&sh=africam#

This is the coolest site. There is a live feed to a water hole in Africa. I spent about 5 minutes watching a duck and then suddenly a herd of Zebra showed up!!!

You need sound turned on. Lots of great birds and other creatures.

The camera changes angles so sometimes you see on the other side of the water hole.  patience is the key :)

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:04 PM · edited Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:06 PM
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That's pretty cool. I'm looking at it now. No animals but it's raining. I can see the drops hitting the surface of the water.




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Acadia ( ) posted Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:08 PM · edited Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:12 PM

Yeah :)  I was watching the sun rising and the sky getting brighter.  The large herd of zebra moved on.  

I got this link from another site I'm a member of and some people saw lions and baboons.

I bookmarked it and will check back there later.  It must be quite different to see at night.. Probably just the glow of eyes in the dark.

EDIT:  My cats are entertained by the bird sounds,  LOL  I turned up the volume a bit and their ears perked up and their eyes got huge!!!!  LOL

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:17 PM
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Yeah, well just a second ago I saw a crested bird of some kind drinking from it. and in the relfection in the water I could see a bird in the top of a tree.




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Acadia ( ) posted Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:41 PM · edited Sat, 07 October 2006 at 11:41 PM

Slow morning at the ol'watering hole!!!

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:00 AM

That is soooo.... 'WILD'..... just saw a couple of beetles or sumfink crawl across the ground... and the 2 monkeys behind the bushes was hilarious... if a bit rude ;:)

Oooh dickie birds, drinking at the water hole...

Dam...I will be watching this for ever now...

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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:06 AM

lol, it's addicting!

It's a bit slow it seems.  The zebra that I saw were really awesome!  There was about 25 or more. 

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:08 AM

oooh 2 deers there right NOW...!!

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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:08 AM

There are some gazelle there now.

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:10 AM

sorry... I don't know a antelope from a cantalope... dozens of gazells now...!

One just burped real loud... he he

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odeathoflife ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:13 AM

my wife watched their eagle cam religiously :)

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:17 AM

I am watching it religiously now... well it is Sunday ;)

It certainly is addictive... can't wait for the lions to arrive for their breakfast...!

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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:29 AM

Looks like the Zebra are back, or coming back. I see one.

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 1:31 AM

Is that what they are... I thought they was donkeys in pyjamas...!

Awesome stuff...

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:01 AM
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Too bad there's no croc in the water. Then we'd get some real excitement...

 




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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:03 AM

:thumbupboth::thumbupboth::thumbupboth::thumbupboth::thumbupboth:

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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:23 AM · edited Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:31 AM

Some different animals now. Not sure what they are though.  Look like some kind of buffalo or ox.

EDIT:  I looked it up, they are Wildebeests!  I've never seen those before.

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:24 AM · edited Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:29 AM
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Acadia, those are gnu's (a.k.a. wildebeest) .




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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:25 AM

Bison...? Oh no... thats sumfink you wash your hands in

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:29 AM
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A bison is an Australian bathroom sink




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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:33 AM

Quote - Acadia, those are gnu's (a.k.a. wildebeest) .

Thanks!  Lots of animals I'm not familiar with.

This site is totally fascinating!   

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:34 AM

STOP IT..! STOP IT...! Them woodpeckers are eating that poor deer   :(

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Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 2:51 AM

Well, I'm heading to bed to read for a bit. and then sleep. 

I'll check back at the watering hole later. Night must be amazing. I imagine the big cats, elephants and hyenas probably come out then.  Probably too hot during the day for them.

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
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arcady ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 3:02 AM

For me its just showing a lightly wooded area, no water in sight. I could swear the camera panned to the left once. Who's driving the camera?

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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 3:04 AM

you have to wait a while... I guess the camera is heat sensitive and motion detector activated

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stormchaser ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 3:27 AM

Thanks for the link Acadia.

** I've just seen a couple of wilderbeast. The sounds of the birds are amazing!**



Jumpstartme2 ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 6:13 AM

Sadly I get an error..cant see squat...are there any other media players that will pick this up besides Windows media? My media player just died I guess{and I refuse to get the new beta version 11 as they want me to switch from SP1 to SP2 for XP Home}..I used to watch the eagle nest..this would be so cool to see :sad:

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DB ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 9:00 AM

Great site! Here's another: http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/index.html DB


dlk30341 ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 9:42 AM

Great site - thanks for the link :)


Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 11:46 AM

Quote - Isn't there a community OT forum here at renderosity for threads like this?

No, but there should be!

However, maybe seeing all the great types of animals will give some modelers some ideas. So it's not entirely off topic :)

It's night there now and I think it's frogs, but man, talk about annoying sounds! LOL  I'd be totally beside myself if I was camping there, not only because of the noise, but the darkness and not being able to see what is making those noises!

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



Acadia ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 11:50 AM

Quote - Great site! Here's another: http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/index.html DB

Thanks for that link!  Unfortunately I can't view it because I don't have "Real Player" and that's one program that I learned the hard way to never have on my computer.  I installed it once and it took over control of all of my media files and changed all of the icons, and I couldn't get any of it back even after I uninstalled Real Player. I had to reformat to get back what it changed :(

I wish they allowed another way to view besides "Real Player"

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fuaho ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 11:52 PM

It's 06:49 am there now and all I've seen & heard are birds, but I must say I'm very impressed with the throughput of the streaming. Not at all "herky-jerky." Interesting to just have it running in the background to have a constant bird track ambience in the room. Cool one Acadia. THX!


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ziggie ( ) posted Sun, 08 October 2006 at 11:54 PM · edited Mon, 09 October 2006 at 12:00 AM

yup... its very cool... be patient... you get to see all sortsa animuls...

The bird sounds are very therapeutic... I have had it on since Acadia posted the link... but the frog sounds around midnight last night... were horrific... had to mute the sound

 

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Acadia ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 12:35 AM

LOL, yes they were quite annoying!!  They showed a close up of one of the frogs. It was the size of a dinner plate!!!! I've never seen such a large frog in my life! They panned into the trees and it was sitting in the bushes.  No wonder it was so loud, it was big!!

I saw a hyena today and I think an Impala, and what looked like a raccoon, but not sure about that one.  Two friends said they saw a leopard, but I missed that :(

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 12:42 AM

Aaahhh... that will have been the... Sundaylunchusplateypusus frog... they can get quite rowdy..

I saw a couple of hyenas... they were only there to laugh at the other animuls... seen loadsa impalas and all sorts of species of wilderbeasties... missed the leotard... but lotsa donkeys in pj's....

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:10 AM
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That second link showed a crocodile a few minutes ago.




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Acadia ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:12 AM · edited Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:13 AM

I just saw on another forum that there were some baby zebras yesterday between 4 and 5pm CDT.

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ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:16 AM

Acadia: yes there were.... 3-4 of them... very playful... one slipped and fell in the water...

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:27 AM
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Last night the herd of zebras that was there had one baby. And this evening (local sunrise), just as it was getting light a herd of zebras came by




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ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:29 AM

The Nat Geog one has some sorta turkey things on now... but its very windy and the camera keeps getting blown about

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 1:48 AM
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There's an elephant there now.

And those turkey things are guinea fowls.




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Jumpstartme2 ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 5:16 AM

Just isnt fair :sad: I dont get to watch...~cries~

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ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 5:19 AM

What about RealPlayer or QuickTime...?

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 6:09 AM
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The National Geographic one is much more active. Early this morning there was a herd of elephants that spent a couple hours there, and there was a bunch of baboons too.

I keep hearing a lion in the background but i haven't seen it yet.




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xantor ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 8:37 AM

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I saw some zebras a few minutes ago.

 


ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 8:58 AM

Not many animuls today... all I have seen in last couple of hours was... some pigeons... a birdie having a bath... an empty beer can... a Big Mac box... and a condom hanging in a bush....

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ziggie ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 11:19 AM

Oh noooo...! Its Frog's Chorus time again...! Mute... mute... mute...!!!

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Acadia ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 2:16 PM

Can the National Geographic one be viewed in something else other than "Real Player"? 

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



StevieG1965 ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 2:23 PM · edited Mon, 09 October 2006 at 2:31 PM

This is so cool!  I have it minimized at work...yes, I'm doing my job, it just gets boring. :tt2:

I saw a rhino walk up and take a few gulps.  That mic on the cam is really sensitive!  You could hear the rhino snorting!

Thanks for the link, Lady A.


Acadia ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 2:50 PM

I downloaded and installed Real Player so I could watch the National Geographic one too.  I made sure I went through the file list and only gave it permission to play anything with "Real" in front of it.

I go to the National Geographic page and all that happens is that it shows Real Player as "loading".  I figure after 10 minutes nothing was going to happen, so I closed the window.

Why doesn't the Real Player show the live feed?

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This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



wheatpenny ( ) posted Mon, 09 October 2006 at 3:21 PM
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I don't know. For me it takes anout 30 seconds to load. I hope you're able to get it to load, because this cam is definitely, by a longshot, the better of the two.




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