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Since its humble beginnings in 2007, Google street view has gone on to map out the entire world through photos, making it a perfect place to explore our planet from your desktop. The internet empire has attached its Street View cameras to all means of transport and even mounted them on people, meaning that the most unexpected places and scenes are sometimes captured by the all-seeing eye that is Google.

Some people like to travel vicariously through street view, exploring the remote and dangerous places that people rarely visit in real life. Others like searching for candid and funny photos captured by the gaze of the camera – a kind of voyeurism of the world as it really is. No posing, no carefully curated images, just people and some funny animals doing their thing in their natural habitats.

We here at Bored Panda like these funny accidents caught in photos too, especially the silly animals! Below is a selection of times when animals photobombed the Street View camera, delighting us all with their unexpected and often hilarious presence. Scroll down to check some of the best photos out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bunny should have a copy of that pic to show all his bunny pals. Bragging rights!

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Jo Choto
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm going to pretend this is a happy picture with a magic bunny, because other explanations will make me very sad.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Google Street View vehicle hit it and sent it flying: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9472808/google-street-view-hare-crash/

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criminalgirl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Google car's camera distorts at certain angles, get a grip people.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the Uber Bunny. He leaps over tall vehicles and can cross entire roads in a single bound.

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Cherry
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the rabbit was hit by the google car all you would see is the rabbit's fur close up not the whole thing

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Simon Watts
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, here's the full low down. See series of four screen grabs. First heading away from direction of this pic (obviously the cars direction of travel) and Hare has obviously just been hit. Second - the now infamous flying Hare obviously bounced off bonnet - probably google earth cam as well and projected skyward. Third, looking back the Hare still at height but spun round. Fourth, the Hare heading earthward to hopefully lick it's wounds and have a happy life. One things for sure this GE guy had his/her foot down. Subscribe to my Youtube Channel Simon Watts WILD Presentations. Peace out. AHR1-63714...49dbf5.jpg AHR1-637145049dbf5.jpg

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When ur mom says she would give you 1 million dollars when rabbits fly me:here you go mom xD

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Hannah Slayton
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DAAAAAAAMMMNN!!!!! That bunny can jump HIGH!!!!!!!😱😱😱😱😱

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Lance Price
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't the right street. I don't see a rabbit ANYWHERE!

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Felix Feline
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor rabbit! Gets hit by a car, thrown into the air, and dies, and everyone thinks that it is funny.

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Alex Craig
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Surely this isn't real? How does a rabbit/hare jump that high?

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Felix Feline
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rabbit was hit by a car, and the rabbit's corpse was flung into the air.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I might think twice about driving down that road in a convertible.

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The Google street camera was originally mounted to a van and driven around the streets. But for more remote, hard-to-reach places they now use a backpack that a person can walk with, called the Trekker. This means that Google photos can be taken of any terrain that can only be traveled by foot — provided the person doing the traveling is able to withstand the backpack’s 40-pound weight.

"Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive and accurate and useful map possible," Deanna Yick, Google Maps' Street View Program Manager, told Tech Insider, "so that Google Maps is a mirror of the real world."

“It’s not just about pretty pictures and giving people a sense of what things are like,” Yick continued. “We’re using this imagery for conservation, historical purposes, learning, and education.”

You can apply to borrow the Trekker to take on your own travels by checking out this page and filling out the form. Be warned though, Google Street View photographers have to be "very fit individuals," Yick says, because they'll be on their feet for long stretches of time, often while wearing the 40-pound Trekker backpacks. Would you like to give it a try?

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Photographers get training at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, before they head out to shoot photos.


While Google Street View is still used mainly for navigation and orienting oneself with an area, Yick hopes people will continue using it as a place for exploration as well.

"People are comfortable using it as a day-to-day tool for navigation, but it's so much more than that," she said. "The fact that I can use Google Maps and hop into the Pyramids of Egypt without a plane or a new language — it's really exciting."

"What we've found is just because the road ends doesn't mean there's not more interesting stuff to see."

"That's where the good stuff is — off the beaten path."

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks like the north Yorkshire moors, anyone know where it is?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like that the monkeys don't seem to care that someone's taking a picture of their hot tub party.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"excuse me, do you have time to talk about our lord and savior Big Bird?"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing that he lived this long with that coloring. That is one tough animal

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And there off, Tuxedo off to an early lead with Crosby in second followed by Waddle. It's going to be a close one people!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sad irony is these elephants are just trying to get to a Waffle House and google maps let them down.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't you hate it when you are driving down the road,minding your own business, when a whale runs out in front of you! Insurance won't believe you.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This upside-down thing seems to be a trend among animals... I need to talk with my dog about this. Hmm.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Explain to the technically challenged old man what streets the seascape shots are taken on? XD

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you see a turtle like this on the shore..Do not stand in front of it to take a picture!!! This is most likely a female turtle that's come to the beach to lay her eggs. They are easily spooked and will return to the sea without laying eggs if they feel threatened. Some A**hole down in on Ocean Isle thought it was cute to have his toddler sit on one for a photo op. These turtles are struggling to bring their numbers back. Stop harassing them and leave them alone!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, looks like pups like to follow the Google car, on land and sea.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh noes, look at those front legs. Youre hurting this tiny horse.

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