Javan rhinos expose themselves

Photos taken. Rantau, Flat Top, and Ibu are three of 26 Javan rhinos that have taken their own photographs in Ujung Kulon NP. Mike Griffiths has been surveying the reserve's rhinos with automatically triggered cameras for the World Wide Fund for Nature and Indonesia's Department of Conservation since January 1991. Griffiths had already been using the technique for about five years, but setting up the 40 camera units in Ujung Kulon was particularly difficult. The equipment had to be packpacked to selected locations through forest and dense bamboo thickets during the height of the monsoon season. In addition, dampness seriously affected the film and electronic components. Threee of the female rhinos were accompanied by calves.