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Rugged Video System For Inspecting Animal BurrowsVideo system designed for examining interiors of burrows of gopher tortoises, 5 in. (13 cm) in diameter or greater, to depth of 18 ft. (about 5.5 m), includes video camera, video cassette recorder (VCR), television monitor, control unit, and power supply, all carried in backpack. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) poles used to maneuver camera into (and out of) burrows, stiff enough to push camera into burrow, but flexible enough to bend around curves. Adult tortoises and other burrow inhabitants observable, young tortoises and such small animals as mice obscured by sand or debris.
Document ID
19920000442
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Triandafils, Dick
(NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cocoa Beach, FL.)
Maples, Art
(NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cocoa Beach, FL.)
Breininger, Dave
(Bionetics Corp.)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 16
Issue: 7
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Life Sciences
Report/Patent Number
KSC-11468
Accession Number
92B10442
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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