It’s very hard to observe animals in their natural habitat without being seen or having to spend days blending into the surroundings. Luckily, nowadays, trail cameras exist that allow people to watch wildlife from the comfort of their own home for purposes like research, hunting, and security. Another quite unexpected benefit of this technology is all the silly animal moments it captures when they think no one is watching them.
For your enjoyment, our Bored Panda team compiled lots of such pictures in a list below. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down!
#1 One Awesome Picture
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#2 I Set My Deer Feeder High Off The Ground, So The Raccoons Couldn't Reach It
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#3 For The Moment, At Least, This Bear Did Seem To Have Forgotten About Their Worries And Their Strife
#4 An Easter Adventure
#5 A Raccoon Photo Bombing
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#6 My Parent's Got A Snapshot Of Some Movement On Their Trail Cam. Wasn't Exactly What They Expected
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#7 You Touched My Toes
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#8 Bartender, I'll Have Another
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#9 Two Deer On A Trail Cam
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#10 Silly Deer
#11 Little Ones
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#12 Kids Playing Around
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#13 Coyote Puppies In Southern California
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#14 Mandatory Camera Sniff
#15 Don't Chew With Your Mouth Open
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#16 Coyote Stole My Newspaper
Just wondering why would it do that? I was hoping it brought it to the door, perhaps in an effort to get domesticated, but no such luck.
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#17 Anyone Know What This Is? (Ignore The Cow)
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#18 Mortal Enemies
Tracks seen, but no signs of any grand pianos and anvils in the yard so I don't think that they crossed paths.
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#19 Caught This On My Cam, Thought It Was Kinda Funny
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#20 A Deer Spooked By A Flying Squirrel
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#21 My Friend Found His Trail Cam Destroyed, As If Someone Had Stabbed The Lens With A Screwdriver. This Was The Last Picture It Ever Took
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#22 Young Fox Checks Out The Game Cam
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#23 Mama And Her Babies
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#24 Deering Around
#25 Favourite Camera Trap Snap To Date
Image credits: Lilongwe Wildlife Trust
#26 Just Helping Himself To A Couple Of Fresh Asian Pears
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#27 What Hog Problem?
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#28 Guess The Critter
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#29 Hello
#30 My Dad Captured This Little Guy On His Trail Cam
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#31 Fox Pups
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#32 Yup. The Trail Cam Works
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#33 An Endangered Northern River Otter Is Photographed Dining On A White Sucker Fish
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#34 Some Friendly Cats
#35 Coyote
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#36 Deer Found The Stealth Cam
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#37 Deer Are Majestic Creatures
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#38 Downward Doe
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#39 Flying Squirrel
#40 Strollin' On By
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#41 The Orb Has Claimed Yet Another Soul
#42 Hands Down The Coolest Trail Cam Pic I’ve Ever Got
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#43 She's Not Very Photogenic
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#44 My Dad's Deer Cam Caught Something Interesting
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#45 My Dad Got This Picture On His Trail Camera
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#46 Passport Photo
#47 I'm Watching You
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#48 Grizzly
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#49 One Of The Funniest Trail Cam Pics I Have Recorded
I think it is a Red Fox based on pics before and after.
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#50 Excuse Me
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#51 Fat Daddy
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