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đField Notes: Vinegaroons! đ
🕑 Added 2022-03-17 23:16:35 +0000 UTCHey Deep Look fans, have you seen our NEW video, âThe Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its Foesâ? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxh_M2risw)
In case you havenât seen the video yet, vinegaroons look like a cross between mutant land lobstersđŠ and scorpions.đŠ And that blast of acid from their rear end reeks of vinegar, but this stuff is 16x stronger than the vinegar in your salad! đ„
Read on for some behind-the-scenes dirt on how we captured all of that stunning vinegaroon footage.
For this episode, Deep Look producer Mike Seely and lead cinematographer Josh Cassidy worked with several experts who helped them show the vinegaroonâs nocturnal exploits, including its potent acid spray, its burrowing behavior and chowing down on its prey.
On the first day of filming the Deep Look team worked with Stephanie Dole, aka Beetlelady, to film at KQEDâs digital production studio. She brought one adult vinegaroon and two juvenile vinegaroons. She helped wrangle the animals during the tricky spray shots. Itâs her fingers you see touching the vinegaroon to elicit its defensive spray response. âThe studio had a strong vinegar smell all day long,â said Mike Seely, the producer of this Deep Look episode.
For the second day of filming, the team headed out to the San Francisco offices of Save Nature where founder and director Norm Gershenz and animal care specialist Rachel Miller helped Mike and Josh capture the vinegaroonsâ feeding behavior. âNorm and Rachel were instrumental in helping us get those shots of the vinegaroon hunting and eating crickets!â said Mike.
A special thanks to Stephanie, Norm and Rachel for being our vinegaroon talent handlers!
Have you ever come across a vinegaroon? Tell us all your vinegar-scented stories!
