crittercam

English

Etymology

From critter +‎ cam.

Noun

crittercam (plural crittercams)

1. (colloquial) A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behaviour in the wild.
   • 2005, Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 8:

     Studies with crittercams provide a visual record of everything that a marine mammal sees. For example, crittercams have revealed Wedell seals flushing prey from crevices in the ice.

   • 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:

     Sophisticated shark tagging techniques and ‘crittercams’ attached to the animals have also explained a great deal about their behaviour.