Tourists' photos can be used to identify a specific whale shark almost as accurately as researchers' photos. Conservationists can track an endangered species by photographing them, but why do that when there are endless animal images already floating around the web? For example: It's unclear exactly how rare the whale shark is in the Maldives, but researchers can get an idea of the fish's lifespan by diving into the creature's habitat and photographing it multiple times in different locations, t...
Tourists' photos can be used to identify a specific whale shark almost as accurately as researchers' photos. Conservationists can track an endangered species by photographing them, but why do that when there are endless animal images already floating around the web? For example: It's unclear exactly how rare the whale shark is in the Maldives, but researchers can get an idea of the fish's lifespan by diving into the creature's habitat and photographing it multiple times in different locations, t...
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