individual objects in the in the truest sense of the word

• by majortim

  Can you identify which individual lion or perhaps other animal is in the picture. Like, this is Clarence , he's squinting.

  Posted January 23, 2014 5:33 PM

• by davidbygott moderator

  Can't see picture.

  Posted January 24, 2014 1:22 AM

• by majortim

  Oh sorry I mean in general, could you identify an individual?

  Posted January 24, 2014 10:51 AM

• by areinders moderator

  Yes, I just learned this from Ali Swanson, they can identify the individual lions by the whisker spots on their muzzles. Giraffes can be identified by their pattern as well, I think. (Nice Daktari reference, by the way.)

  Posted January 27, 2014 7:53 PM

• by majortim

  hehe 😉 Do you also include the data from the collars with the picture meta data?

  Posted January 28, 2014 7:08 PM

• by areinders moderator

  Yes, the researchers can and do look at the data from the collars together with the data from the cameras. Here is one blog post that talks about it: http://blog.snapshotserengeti.org/2013/12/16/things-are-looking-up/

  Posted February 5, 2014 7:15 PM