EcoMinga’s camera trap footage from their Dracula Reserve in NW Ecuador. • *I put these videos out of order so that you might guess what this healthy female puma (Felis concolor) is so interested in. • The following clip shows a well-fed male making a scent mark right in front of the camera. This is the same male that the EcoMinga Foundation had filmed in their earlier operation, confirming the need for an ecological corridor between existing reserves. • I love seeing this distant communication, of interpreting scent chemicals, and the face the female makes while she (perhaps) analyzes what it is this particular fragrance is telling her. • EcoMinga is doing amazing things in Ecuador and has a captivating blog to tell the story. They are currently too cool for Instagram so you’ll have to find them elsewhere. • #draculaorchids #ecominga #puma #felisconcolor #longdistancerelationship #ecuador #wildlifeconservation #cameratraps #bushnell (at Ecuador) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7l_09tBKit/?igshid=103bkzo4nfku8
