Air Tilly

Tilly is an eagle that has been trained to fly with a pair
of video
cameras.  The cameras weigh less than 30 grams and can
transmit video signals more than a mile.  



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I gather this was shown on Aminal Planet, but you can see it on the
Internet href="http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html">here.




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