An innovative conservation project powered by citizen science built to help save Africa's lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyaenas & wild dogs. #tech4wildlife
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Citizen science is love. Get up close and personal with your favorite African carnivores! africancarnivorewildbook.org…
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New leopard study published by @CapeLeopardTrst! Some fascinating dispersals - up to 112km! We @T4Cinc & our partner @WildMeORG are proud to support this research through the @ACWildbook platform, offered for free to CLT & other conservationists across Africa
#leopard #AIforgood
Insightful results from a collaborative study to investigate #leopard dispersal in a transformed landscape, using combined #cameratrap data from @CapeLeopardTrst ,Walker Bay FC, @Nuwejaars & @PantheraCats
More on FB, IG, & LinkedIN, full paper at doi.org/10.1111/aje.13284
African Carnivore Wildbook retweeted
How many #leopards do you see in the first photo??
Check the second photo for the answer! A great catch by our detectors, one that perhaps even some human observers would miss on first glance...
@african_wildbook
#machinelearning #ai #detections #spotthecat #cameratrap
The 10th species that we support; the striped hyena, Hyaena hyaena.
Interestingly, the only species of hyena that is in the genus Hyaena (there are 4 extant species of hyena, each in their own genus).
With ~10,000 left and pops declining the IUCN lists them as Near Threatened.
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While bottlenose dolphins led data growth last week in Wildbook, the Nubian giraffe was second and taught us how to patiently type its long Latin name (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis)! Thanks to @Save_Giraffe for bringing this species to Giraffespotter.org. 🐬🦒🦎🐈
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Ever wondered what #CitizenScience looks like? It's as easy as uploading a photo of a #carnivore in #Africa and some information about where you saw it. That's enough to help researchers monitor individuals. Your sightings are valuable!
Head to @ACWildbook to get involved!
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Not all algorithms are equal. Some perform better than others, and this depends on the target species
e.g. spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta.
Hotspotter vs MiewID candidate identified in #1 spot:
HotSpotter: 51%
MiewID: 80%
A huge difference!
@african_wildbook
The #brownhyena, Hyaena brunnea, the only extant species of its genus, the rarest hyaena, and one of the 10 species supported by ACW.
Found in southern Africa, the brown hyena or #strandwolf is commonly found in desert, semi-arid desert, and woodland savannah areas.
@WildMeORG
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Our photos and videos of a 3-legged lion and his brother swimming across Uganda’s Kazinga channel have made it to the New York Times. In February we filmed Jacob and Tibu swimming ~1.6 km across croc and hippo dense waters in search of lionesses! Check it out here: archive.is/58PfB
The African wild dog; the species that triggered the motivation to build the ACW.
Their unique coat patterns are relatively easy for people to differentiate, but a big challenge for our algorithms.
Now we can, so get involved!
#machinelearning #ai #tech4good
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Spent 6+ months preparing and executing an experiment I was sooo sure was failing, but turns out it WORKED!
Thank you to my field team including @BPCTcamp and @MeganRo53913523 , and to collaboratos @HWConflict , @JPSuraci , @ChrisWilmers
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The cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, world's fastest land mammal.
98km/h (61mph) in a zoo...
93.24km/h (57.9mph) in the wild...
Either way, very fast, and currently supported by our Wildbook.
@T4Cinc @WildMeORG
Great new app for Wildbook image exports!!
The African #lion, Panthera leo, another of the 10 species supported by ACW.
Difficult to ID (no handy spots...) we are harnessing facial recognition software to tell individuals apart.
With less than 20,000 left in Africa, #research and #conservation of this species is vital!
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A reminder to all #wolf researchers; you may be able to #help us!
We need wolf ID kits to train #algorithms to identify individuals from photos! We want to add wolves to our Wild North Wildbook to help the #conservation of this species.
Please get in touch if you can help!
The African #leopard, Panthera pardus, one of the most elusive animals to study
#Cameratraps are often used to monitor this shy #bigcat, which is where we step in. We help researchers/conservationists to individually ID from photographs, leaving more time for #conservation work!
Do you have any #wolf ID kits that you can loan @T4Cinc to train their algorithms to identify individuals from photographs? Once trained and added to the Wild North Wildbook, its free for conservationists to use!
If you can help, please get in touch!
#conservation #ai
African Carnivore Wildbook retweeted
Do you have #wolf ID kits that you could loan us to train our #algorithms?
We want to add wolves to our Wild North #Wildbook, giving #conservationists access to this resource to easily individually identify wolves! Get in touch is you think you can #help!!
#conservation
