Zoo features world’s first live-tweeting badger
By going about its normal day, the Johannesburg Zoo’s resident honey badger triggers pre-written tweets. He’s amassed quite a following.
The honey badger don’t care—except when it comes to Twitter.
The Johannesburg Zoo has come up with an ingenious social media marketing tactic that involves a tweeting honey badger.
As the badger in question, BG, moves about his enclosure throughout the day, six infrared sensors capture his movements. That information is sent to a server, and it triggers pre-written tweets.
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