Camera Trapping Komodo Dragons

Quick post today to a paper in PLoS ONE describing the comparative use of camera traps and physical traps to get population densities of Komodo Dragons on their native islands. It works! Their temperature differential is different enough from the environment to trigger the PIR sensors on the cameras.

Its Open Access (yah!) so go read the paper.

Can Camera Traps Monitor Komodo Dragons a Large Ectothermic Predator?

• Achmad Ariefiandy,
 
• Deni Purwandana,
 
• Aganto Seno,
 
• Claudio Ciofi,
 
• Tim S. Jessop