Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Identify

  • ByronFortescue by ByronFortescue

    Can't identify, but it seems to be an animal of some sorts.

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    Yeah - not much to go on here!

    It looks like it's got fur rather than hair, and a brownish coat with perhaps some sort of mottling or pattern on it; too big for something like a mongoose, I think; coat too dark for leopard or cheetah; I'd probably guess at spotted hyena.

    Sometimes we just have to take the best guess we can, on very little info. I don't know if you've already read it, but if you haven't, I highly recommend reading @kosmala 's blog post on why we don't have an "I don't know" button, and how even guesses are useful and when collated with the responses made by others to the same image, can still convey information which is useful.

    http://blog.snapshotserengeti.org/2012/12/14/we-need-an-i-dont-know-button/

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