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ドゥームスクローリングから脱却:壮大な「ヘラジカ大移動」をライブで目撃しよう

ドゥームスクローリングから脱却:壮大な「ヘラジカ大移動」をライブで目撃しよう

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May 2nd, 2025

ドゥームスクローリングから脱却:壮大な「ヘラジカ大移動」をライブで目撃しよう

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TikTok
Ti-ku-to-k...
TikTok
ga
but
私たち
watashitac...
we, us
no
's; of
注意力
chūīryoku
attention ...
wo
(object ma...
低下
teika
decline
させ
sasé
made (do)
te
and
いる
i-ru
to be
to
and
考える
kangáeru
to think, ...
hito
person
mo
also
います
i-ma-su
say
ga
but
驚く
o-dó-ro-ku
to be surp...
べき
béki
should; ou...
こと
ko-to
fact
ni
in
世界中
se'kai chu...
all over t...
no
's; of
人々
ひとびと [hìto...
people
ga
but
おそらく
osoraku
probably; ...
知ら
shi-ra
know
ない
na-i
not have
スウェーデン
suweeden
Sweden
no
's; of
テレビ
te-re-bi
television
チャンネル
chan-ne-ru
channel
no
's; of
退屈
taikutsu
boredom; t...
na
become
ライブ
RAI-bu
live
映像
えいぞう
footage
つまり
tsu'mari
in other w...
ヘラジカ
herajika
moose
ōkii
large
移動
idō
movement, ...
wo
(object ma...
視聴
shi-cho:
watching
shi
do
te
and

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Even though some people think TikTok is making our attention spans shorter, surprisingly, people all over the world are watching a boring live video from a Swedish TV channel they probably don't know, which shows the Great Moose Migration.

Every spring for thousands of years, moose have crossed the Ångerman River to find a warmer place for the summer. But since 2019, people all over the world can watch this three-week journey online. Sweden's SVT channel shows a live video using more than 30 cameras to see everything that happens as the moose move slowly.

Mostly, the livestream shows calm scenes of forests and rivers. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you might see a moose walking by. The moose doesn't know it is famous around the world. It just walks along, not worrying about anything.

Typically, the stream is almost noiseless; at other moments, the wind gusts and birds chirp, creating a pleasant ambiance, though it can be startling if you forget the livestream is active and are abruptly surprised by sounds from distant wildlife.

As a Swedish student confided to the Associated Press, "I feel at ease, yet simultaneously apprehensive; the presence of a moose, or the potential for one, renders even a simple task like using the toilet a source of concern."

The live stream keeps going all night, so we don't need sunlight because night vision cameras let us see everything the moose does. But the plain black and white picture looks more like "The Blair Witch Project" than something from National Geographic. Still, seeing a spooky moose is still seeing a moose.

In 2023, SVT's live broadcast of moose garnered 9 million viewers, a considerable figure, particularly when juxtaposed with Discovery Channel's "Shark Week," which attracted over 22 million viewers in the same year, especially given SVT's modest 15-person team responsible for streaming unedited nature feeds.

These livestreams are so interesting because they are very different from what we usually see online. On TikTok, you see short videos that are made just for you, which makes it hard to stop watching. YouTubers edit their videos carefully to keep people watching for a long time. But these unedited livestreams are different because you don't know what will happen.

However, the moose are indifferent to our presence, unaware of our enthusiastic observation.

May 2nd, 2025

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