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Post number 64386

wsg — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:30:20 -0800

National Geographic has a lot of cool webcams. Pete's Pond in Africa is my favorite. (previously) It's up and running again for its third season till mid-December, the end of the dry season. Best viewing times are 4-8 PM EST and 12-4 AM EST. Lots of highlights can be found at youtube, of course. NG also provides the Seal Cam from Año Nuevo, California, Bald Eagle Cam from Maine, the Kakadu Cam from Australia and and the Polar Bear Cam from Canada. There are a lot of grizzly bears fishing right now on the Bear Cam from Alaska, but the Crane Cam from Nebraska is down right now. To view these cams you have to sit through a short commercial at first, but after that it's all live wildlife goodness. There are also very active forums where people share their screencaps and vicarious adventures.

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:49:27 -0800

I'm going to watch this until I see something die.

By: Lord_Pall

Lord_Pall — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:21:49 -0800

That's a lot of bears.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:52:23 -0800

So, can mac users watch it? Windows Media Player for Mac doesn't seem to like it.

By: Hargrimm

Hargrimm — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:59:13 -0800

It's RealPlayer, for some godawful reason.

By: emilyv

emilyv — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:06:09 -0800

Thanks for posting this. The grizzlies are so fun to watch!

By: wsg

wsg — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:56:58 -0800

"I'm going to watch this until I see something die." That could easily happen.

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:43:29 -0800

LOLbears!!!

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:49:43 -0800

I think it's a little amusing that the audio for the Polar Bear cam is the same crickets chirping as the Africa one. And Pete's Pond seems utterly deserted tonight, but I'll bookmark it and check back.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:00:21 -0800

Hargrimm: "It's RealPlayer, for some godawful reason." Yep. The old Pete's Pond link returns a warning that the video is pirated. I refuse to install RealVirus, and am saddened that Nat Geo chooses to use such a user-hostile service.

By: woodblock100

woodblock100 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:05:56 -0800

Not to rain on the bear parade here, but this is not 'live', not at any time of the day. According to posts on their forums, the salmon run ended during the last week of August, and the bears have headed off to other hunting grounds. The video you now see there, even the stuff marked 'live', is archived footage. But anyway, very cool stuff ... thank you!

By: knave

knave — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:24:12 -0800

This post reminded me of the White Island Crater camera, the one that someone stuck a toy dino in front of. Fortunately, he's apparently still ok .