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Facebook for the Ferocious

Name: Facebook for the Ferocious
Creator: Millie Kerr
Keywords: Lions, 0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Behavior, Animal, 13. Climate action, Biometric Identification, Research, Animals, 01 natural sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Jun 2015Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Scientific American, volume 313, pages 21-21 (issn: 0036-8733,

Authors: Millie Kerr;

doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0715-21

pmid: 26204706

Facebook for the Ferocious

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Abstract

The article reports the conservation organization Lion Guardians launched the database Lion Identification Network of Collaborators (LINC) using facial-recognition software designed specifically to analyze the faces of lions and distinguish each lion and mentions LINC's use in tracking lion movements in Africa.

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Lions, Behavior, Animal, Biometric Identification, Research, Animals

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