Frequently asked questions

Common questions about the site

134 conversations

• Sizes of Animals

  11 posts / 10 participants

  Last post July 20, 2016 7:22 PM by tam10

• Why don't we have an "Unidentifiable" option when classifying photos?

  27 posts / 21 participants

  Last post February 21, 2015 5:24 AM by KaiYeves

• Is there any way to put together a sequence of images from one camera?

  9 posts / 9 participants

  Last post October 27, 2015 2:05 AM by davidbygott

• When going back to look at the recent pictures I classified on my profile, is there a way to see what I classified it as?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post November 21, 2017 5:24 PM by maricksu

• Questions regarding Raw data vs. Consensus aggregated data

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post October 12, 2017 4:23 PM by maricksu

• Do Young Count?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post October 7, 2017 7:59 AM by davidbygott

• Hashtags

  7 posts / 4 participants

  Last post September 11, 2017 3:39 PM by lucycawte

• Snapshot Serengeti

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 30, 2017 2:27 AM by maricksu

• Signs, trucks

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post April 24, 2017 10:58 PM by Annezoo42

• Special images in Extended Survey season

  15 posts / 5 participants

  Last post April 12, 2017 10:15 PM by Babyballerina

• domestic dog

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post March 8, 2017 5:55 AM by maricksu

• Will you be able to discern good classifyers from not so good?

  18 posts / 12 participants

  Last post January 12, 2017 9:16 PM by rcooley001

• Translations / languages

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 14, 2016 9:26 AM by tillydad

• DOMESTIC DOG?

  5 posts / 3 participants

  Last post October 1, 2016 5:33 AM by maricksu

• Insect, bird, bat in night-photos in Extended Survey season

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 12, 2016 5:18 PM by maricksu

• Video not working

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 6, 2016 9:04 PM by maricksu

• what to do if i see an animal not on the list

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post August 28, 2016 11:54 AM by maricksu

• View series button isn't working

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 25, 2016 3:05 PM by mecurtin

• What only one frame now?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post August 25, 2016 3:31 AM by maricksu

• B.I.N.G.O!!! How cool would Bingo mode be

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 1, 2016 5:04 PM by aliburchard

• How to classify Fire

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post July 17, 2016 3:23 PM by maricksu

• Why isn't there?

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post July 14, 2016 12:07 PM by maricksu

• hashtags

  8 posts / 5 participants

  Last post April 29, 2016 3:27 AM by davidbygott

• Make ID'd animal automatically its hashtag?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post April 19, 2016 5:35 AM by davidbygott

• Contact zooniverse

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post April 8, 2016 5:48 PM by chipo

• Hashtags

  9 posts / 4 participants

  Last post March 8, 2016 8:12 AM by davidbygott

• Cameras

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post March 5, 2016 5:04 AM by davidbygott

• how do I copy/paste

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post February 17, 2016 8:20 PM by davidbygott

• Multiple Angles

  posts / 1 participants

  Last post February 16, 2016 3:54 PM by falconeio

• counting animals in night shots w

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post February 12, 2016 1:14 PM by iamfern

• How to classify fire

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post January 3, 2016 10:39 PM by stonepenny

• Zebra at night

  6 posts / 3 participants

  Last post January 3, 2016 10:30 PM by stonepenny

• birds in flight

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 18, 2015 1:03 PM by davidbygott

• what if there is more than one type of animal in the photo?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post May 14, 2015 2:01 PM by nutznix

• Maybe a helpful suggestion?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post March 25, 2015 8:29 PM by Annabz

• Couple handy tips I discovered

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post March 20, 2015 7:56 AM by kathelpingID

• "Discuss" button unresponsive

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post March 18, 2015 5:24 PM by gardenmaeve

• What are good hashtags for gazelles and hyenas?

  17 posts / 6 participants

  Last post March 5, 2015 7:20 PM by abigail50

• Is there a field guide for the different herd animals???

  6 posts / 4 participants

  Last post February 22, 2015 3:47 AM by kosmala

• Rhino

  5 posts / 3 participants

  Last post February 16, 2015 8:06 PM by katherines@live.co.uk

• Feedback

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post February 14, 2015 10:13 PM by AowlanCrystal

• Blog Post & Tips: How to Collect Similar Images with Tag Groups

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 22, 2015 4:22 PM by DZM

• Is this returning at all?

  25 posts / 5 participants

  Last post January 7, 2015 3:20 PM by DZM

• Hornless Impala vs Grant's Gazelle

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post October 7, 2014 6:13 PM by pdtucci

• Question about camera traps

  7 posts / 3 participants

  Last post September 18, 2014 10:21 PM by BlindOracle

• Sorry if someone asked this somewhere else...

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 16, 2014 10:48 AM by tillydad

• Spotty zebra

  5 posts / 2 participants

  Last post July 16, 2014 12:08 AM by powellettinger

• using an ipad

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post June 17, 2014 5:53 AM by davidbygott

• Ordering Search results

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post May 9, 2014 4:25 AM by mecurtin

• Tree or animal on the horizon??

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post April 26, 2014 8:27 PM by davidbygott

• Seeing same images multiple times

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post April 9, 2014 1:53 AM by wreness

• Noticing a problem with some of the images,

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post April 9, 2014 12:07 AM by AowlanCrystal

• Need a "Don't Know" option

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post February 22, 2014 12:46 AM by areinders

• Recording number of Images classified

  7 posts / 5 participants

  Last post February 6, 2014 2:35 AM by mistyfriday

• Adding to favorites

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post October 31, 2013 9:19 PM by areinders

• Seeing duplicate images? Please post details of them here.

  12 posts / 8 participants

  Last post October 14, 2013 10:47 PM by wildebeesty

• classify more than the wildlife

  5 posts / 5 participants

  Last post October 7, 2013 4:59 PM by areinders

• What does 'interacting' mean?

  7 posts / 6 participants

  Last post October 5, 2013 11:47 PM by aliburchard

• Correcting mistakes

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 27, 2013 8:39 PM by areinders

• I just got the thank you message

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 27, 2013 4:40 PM by areinders

• Can anyone find a picture from:

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 22, 2013 2:21 AM by Envirogirl667

• For anyone that doesn't yet know how to enlarge the pictures to help with classifying.....

  5 posts / 5 participants

  Last post August 14, 2013 1:16 PM by Kerebeth

• Seeing the same picture more than once

  6 posts / 6 participants

  Last post August 12, 2013 11:00 PM by AowlanCrystal

• Season 5

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post August 5, 2013 5:18 AM by muffykoch

• Log in question

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post July 31, 2013 2:54 AM by ahorner58

• Getting back to classifying

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post July 30, 2013 4:22 PM by areinders

• zoom

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post July 27, 2013 3:44 PM by v3nom

• Finding Sequences

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post July 21, 2013 7:14 PM by davidbygott

• What exactly are the seasons?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post July 17, 2013 3:11 AM by Envirogirl667

• sequels listed as acqooxrt etc

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post July 15, 2013 5:34 AM by gwennie71

• What does moving mean?

  6 posts / 6 participants

  Last post July 9, 2013 11:28 PM by SandersClan

• black photos?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post June 23, 2013 8:43 PM by davidbygott

• How to remove images from a collection

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post June 23, 2013 3:20 AM by marssociety

• Not enough info to ID animal

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post June 14, 2013 10:05 PM by davidbygott

• Opps, error

  9 posts / 7 participants

  Last post June 12, 2013 3:49 AM by chaoticidealism

• Favourites

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post March 8, 2013 6:59 PM by Indigo Horse

• Fora

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 17, 2013 4:52 AM by dms246

• More than 2 species in Photo

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 15, 2013 10:57 AM by dms246

• Anyway to see the pictures you have looked at previously?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post January 12, 2013 9:21 AM by allannemo

• 'Nothing here"

  5 posts / 5 participants

  Last post January 12, 2013 2:21 AM by SafariLiz

• Fire

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 12, 2013 2:16 AM by kosmala

• Meercats

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 11, 2013 2:05 AM by kosmala

• How do I delete my collections?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 10, 2013 8:05 PM by Sylverone

• Avatar

  13 posts / 4 participants

  Last post January 10, 2013 7:36 PM by arfon

• Does this forum have a search feature?

  6 posts / 3 participants

  Last post January 8, 2013 12:17 PM by Sylverone

• Multiple Animals of Single Species Performing Various Activities?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 5, 2013 12:32 AM by MGHogue

• Hello....new here with a possibly silly question.

  9 posts / 4 participants

  Last post January 4, 2013 3:21 PM by dms246

• clicked on wrong collection

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 3, 2013 11:48 PM by AowlanCrystal

• More pics?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 1, 2013 10:28 AM by dms246

• Is there a way to tell how many pictures I've classified?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 30, 2012 3:29 PM by wasukasa

• Birds

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 26, 2012 3:11 PM by dms246

• What if you see an animal that is not on the list?

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post December 23, 2012 12:54 AM by Rejoicing

• Animal is unrecognizable because of the poor quality of the photo...usually a night photo.

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 20, 2012 10:51 PM by dms246

• More than one type of animal

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 20, 2012 10:45 PM by dms246

• Can I send a private message to someone?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 19, 2012 3:32 PM by kosmala

• how do I go back to see my "favorites" (the ones with the heart tag?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 11:34 PM by dms246

• Ranking good images

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 7:43 PM by howeman

• Do dead animals count?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 2:30 PM by aliburchard

• more than 1

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 11:11 AM by tirralirra

• what to do with images that I think require special attention

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 7:31 AM by fallacies

• Corrections

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 8:05 PM by LoraO

• Why can't I go back to an identification after a side-trip to Talk (discussions)?

  9 posts / 6 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 6:47 PM by enr987

• Is there any way to make the photographs larger?

  13 posts / 11 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 6:58 AM by Dov

• How to: Easier identify animals using IrfanView

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 16, 2012 7:09 PM by Elizabeth.Ann

• I have an animal that is mostly off the edge of the image. I can’t identify it. What do I do?

  14 posts / 12 participants

  Last post December 16, 2012 7:08 PM by sirarasi

• distributing photos

  5 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 16, 2012 1:52 PM by rusalka

• Picture to classify is identical to the sample picture for Thomson' gazelle

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 15, 2012 9:01 PM by Kavcan

• Something I would appreciate

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 15, 2012 10:56 AM by hdevos

• Are we penalised for giving the wrong answer?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 15, 2012 12:55 AM by Nye

• Will the images presented get less obvious as we go on?

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 14, 2012 2:24 PM by kosmala

• Fixing the discussion links

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 9:24 PM by aliburchard

• Why are some pictures in the wrong order?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 9:23 PM by aliburchard

• Something is wrong with my image. (It’s a picture of the sky or ground, or overexposed, for example.) What do I do?

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 3:59 PM by aliburchard

• Add Silhouttes or Outline-Photos to the Animal Identification Grid?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 2:12 PM by chalyse

• auto-play images

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 2:08 PM by scyth

• Something there!

  5 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 3:23 AM by lkrish

• How can I use Snapshot Serengeti in my classroom?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 8:49 PM by kosmala

• Will we eventually be able to search discussions?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 6:28 PM by kosmala

• Two different species in one picture

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 6:28 PM by kosmala

• When I press the "Finish" button nothing happens

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 6:21 PM by kosmala

• Nothing there

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 8:16 AM by tirralirra

• What to do when there are more than one species in a photograph.

  5 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 4:17 AM by rbelserene

• I can see that there are animals far away in the distance in an image. But I can’t tell what they are. What do I do?

  5 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 9:20 PM by kosmala

• Can I Update My Profile Picture Here?

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 8:38 PM by chalyse

• Woah, I see a collar on a lion in one of the images. Why is it there? Can I indicate that somehow?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:33 PM by kosmala

• Hey, I’ve seen some really cool birds, but you make me just lump them all in ‘Bird (other).’ Is there a way to indicate what species these birds actually are?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:33 PM by kosmala

• What if I see an animal not on your list?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:32 PM by kosmala

• Can I go back? I think I missed an animal or made a mistake.

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:31 PM by kosmala

• What if I see a hot air balloon or a truck?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:30 PM by kosmala

• I have an animal that is too blurry to identify. What do I do?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:27 PM by kosmala

• I have an animal that is too close to the camera. I can only see its flank/leg/nose. What do I do?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:26 PM by kosmala

• Do I add together the animals from all 3 images?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:25 PM by kosmala

• Does an animal have to be in all 3 images to be counted?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:25 PM by kosmala

• What am I supposed to do?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post December 11, 2012 3:23 PM by kosmala