Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Last November I accompanied a team of scientists from Germany lead by Dr. Martin Wikelski of the Max Planck Institute to test out a series of tags whose project is collectively known as the ICARUS project.
The primary purpose of the ICARUS Initiative is to greatly expand available data on animal migrations for the sake of conservation, although a variety of other fields of study may be advanced by the project's information gathering. Studying the movements of birds and insects may further scientists' understanding of how natural hazards and human interactions affect animal populations. Another application for the data collected by ICARUS is to investigate a possible link between unusual animal movements and impending earthquakes. It has long been hypothesized that some birds and bats can predict earthquakes because of their ability to detect shifts in magnetic fields, but so far the only evidence to support this has been anecdotal.[6] The project's migratory data may also provide greater insight into the propagation of animal-borne diseases like SARS, bird flu and West Nile virus
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Last November I accompanied a team of scientists from Germany lead by Dr. Martin Wikelski of the Max Planck Institute to test out a series of tags whose project is collectively known as the ICARUS project.
The primary purpose of the ICARUS Initiative is to greatly expand available data on animal migrations for the sake of conservation, although a variety of other fields of study may be advanced by the project's information gathering. Studying the movements of birds and insects may further scientists' understanding of how natural hazards and human interactions affect animal populations. Another application for the data collected by ICARUS is to investigate a possible link between unusual animal movements and impending earthquakes. It has long been hypothesized that some birds and bats can predict earthquakes because of their ability to detect shifts in magnetic fields, but so far the only evidence to support this has been anecdotal.[6] The project's migratory data may also provide greater insight into the propagation of animal-borne diseases like SARS, bird flu and West Nile virus
A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science and filmmaking outreach via patreon: bit.ly/2Sfmkph
Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience
We make all these videos ourselves with this gear ------------
Main DSLR : amzn.to/2Sho2qc
Second Camera : amzn.to/2B9HInR
Main Lens - amzn.to/2BaEXTk
The Adventure Camera Bag : amzn.to/2B8WYRH
The Macro Lens - amzn.to/2hHUhxW
Telephoto Lens - amzn.to/2za1FJV
Our MegaWide Lens - amzn.to/2z9KtnS
Our BEST oncamera Mic - amzn.to/2hGuSVt
The Drone - amzn.to/2z84Bqc
My Moving Timelapse setup - amzn.to/2SeCZcJ
GoPro HERO 7 - amzn.to/2ShoPHG
Our Filmmaking Book!!! - amzn.to/2zV88LS
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The full video setup: kit.com/UntamedScience
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If you want to see how we do the videos we have a channel dedicated to video Edu: youtube.com/robnelsonfilms
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