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- Bravo Team six.
Let's go dark.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I think I got something here.
What is that?
Oh, is that, is that a bear?
Oh its, it's bipedal.
Oh my gosh, that's him, that's really him.
No way, here he comes, here he comes,
(grunts)
Guys!
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(birds chirp)
No way.
(grunts)
- What's going on Coyote Pack?
Today we're on location in Colorado,
testing out one of FLIR's thermal imaging cameras.
Tonight, Mario's gonna run the camera
and I'm going to play the role of Sasquatch.
And tomorrow night we're going to take the camera
through the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center.
We're gonna get into an enclosure with wolves
and see how their heat signatures show up at night.
So if you guys are ready, let's head off into the darkness
and get this adventure started.
(grunts)
I've always wanted to play a Sasquatch.
This is the perfect opportunity.
- Well, you're doing a pretty good job so far.
- I'll tell you what.
This outfit is pretty warm.
- All right, what do you think?
- Okay this looks pretty good.
- Over here?
- Yeah this is nice and flat.
- Alright.
- So how does the system work?
- It's picking up heat signatures from objects.
So every object gives off a certain amount of heat
whether it's not much at all, which will be in the blues.
- Yeah.
- To the extreme warmth of heat in the whites and reds.
- Okay.
So what I'll do is head down this pathway a little bit.
Let me know when I'm out of the shot
and then I'll try to sneak in
and we'll see if you can detect me moving
through the environment.
- Okay, sounds good.
- Right, here we go.
It's time to flip back in to Sasquatch mode.
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- I'm recording.
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- Sasquatch lurks through the shadowy night,
searching for berries and baby chipmunks.
What's that?
- Camera is definitely detecting Coyote.
- Looks like a camera, thermal imaging camera.
- We could see that he is significantly warmer
than his surroundings, trying to hide behind that tree
but you could definitely see him.
No problem at all.
(grunts)
How you doing there?
- Is that a good Sasquatch impression?
- Yeah, pretty good.
- Semi-biped, semi-quadruped, so what do you think?
- I think I've got the hang of this.
- You're excited?
- Yeah, let's put this thing to the test.
- [Coyote] Seeing animals at night
can be incredibly difficult
especially when moving about with the camera crew.
So we're heading to the Wolf Center
where we will be given the chance
to get into an enclosure with wolves.
These predators are fairly active at night
and should give us a fantastic subject matter
to capture on the FLIR Camera.
- A little Eerie.
- Yeah.
- Even though these are captive wolves
- [Coyote] Still wild.
- [Mario] In that they have their instinct.
- [Coyote] Well it'll be interesting to see
how they behave with us going into the enclosure
at night with this camera.
- Yeah.
- Seeing us during the day is one thing
but seeing us at night is a completely different scenario.
Granted they do have great vision at night
but this is not in their normal realm of daily activities,
so anything could happen.
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- I see one up on the hill side.
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Okay, so what do you think is a good spot?
- I think if we go right up here, along this edge line,
just below the trees, we'll be able to shoot up at an angle.
- Okay.
- This is cool.
I'm not sure that you can see it on this camera
but in the silhouette just against,
the almost completely night sky,
you can see the silhouettes of the wolves
moving amongst the trees.
Oh that's an eerie feeling right there.
Okay so we've got the FLIR Camera up and running.
We are looking for wolf heat signatures and you can see
how much heat has been absorbed in the trees.
Is that a wolf's head right?
- [Mario] Yeah, that's a wolf as you could see,
that's almost white.
- [Coyote] Yeah.
- [Mario] So, that's the warmest temperature
- And so dark with all these lights off.
I can't see where the wolves are.
We've got a little bit of light coming off the camera,
a little bit of light coming off these screens.
I mean there could be with right behind you right now
and you would never even know.
Right now we're on the black hot setting
which is really interesting, it looks black and white
but it's really showing up the wolves well.
That wolf is looking straight at us.
That's cool.
You see it's curious,
it's getting a little bit closer, coming down towards us.
Wow that's cool.
It almost looks like it's floating over the snow.
Okay so we tested it out this mode.
Let's cut that clip and switch to a different color palette.
- Okay.
Let's go to maybe the classic rainbow.
- [Coyote] Okay, okay we're rolling.
Look at that heat signature.
During the cold months their winter coat grows in.
They've got those outer guard hairs and then a down
in their under layer that keeps their body warm
but all we're seeing with the fur
is just a reddish heat signature,
but it's the face, the legs and the paws
that are giving off the most amount of heat.
- [Mario] Which makes sense,
because that's where the most heat is escaping
through the legs,
which actually have the thinnest layer of fur
and kind of the head region.
So the core of the wolf is actually really warm
and it's not escaping through that fur.
- Um hmm.
We threw some small treats out there, a little bits of meat,
to get them closer to the cameras.
So, let's see what happens if I slowly move out
in front of the camera.
- Okay
- To see if you can get my heat signature
and the wolves' heat signature at the same time.
- Okay.
- So, I'm gonna very slowly crawl out on my hands and knees.
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Okay can you see me?
- [Mario] Yeah, yeah I could see you
and I could see the wolf in the background.
Well you got one on the right side behind you
and one on your left side.
- Ooh...that is an eerie feeling.
I'm trying to see if I can actually see them
with my eyes moving.
Now I see them without any light.
I could just see those silhouettes up on the ridge line.
Wow, that's close!
I can only imagine what it would be like
to be lost out in the wilderness at night
and be surrounded by wolves.
That's this scenario right here.
- Alright, I'm gonna try a different color.
- I'm gonna go up against that tree.
- [Mario] Be careful.
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If I was out in the wild and I was lost at night
surrounded by wolves, this is probably what I would do.
Hide on the backside of the tree like this
and just peer around the edge
and even in a wild scenario like that
wolves would definitely keep their distance.
They're naturally cautious animals.
The odds of you being attacked, pretty much zero.
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That's pretty cool, that's pretty cool feeling
to be like, okay I'm pressed up against a tree,
staying as still as I can and there's wolves,
walking right behind me.
You guys wanna see if I howl, if they'll howl back?
(Coyote howls)
(wolves howl)
- They're looking at ya.
(howls)
(howls intensify)
That's pretty cool.
(howls)
(wolves keep howling)
(Coyote laughs)
- How cool was that?
Entering a wolf enclosure to capture their heat signatures
on a camera and then getting the wolves surrounding us
to howl out into the night.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be Brave.
Stay Wild.
We'll see you on the next adventure.
Wooh, that was awesome!
The art of filming wildlife,
takes an incredible amount of patience.
Even when working with animals
that are being raised in captivity.
Whether you're filming wolves
or your friendly neighborhood Sasquatch,
when it comes to filming at night,
the FLIR Camera Systems allow for unique approach
when it comes to seeing animals moving about
in the dark.
Yes, yes.
Look at that wolf, moving through the underbrush,
sniffing out his mule deer.
For more information about FLIR Systems
and the world of thermal imaging infrared cameras,
make sure to visit their website.
Get ready Coyote Pack, we are just one month away
from our highly anticipated Wolf Conservation episode
that was filmed at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center.
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If you thought this encounter with Sasquatch was amusing,
make sure to go back and watch the episode
where I was finally able to get up close with a coyote
and don't forget, subscribe and ring the notification bell
so you can join me and the crew, on our next wild adventure.
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