ConservationFIT (IMAGE)

Duke University

ConservationFIT

Caption

Software called ConservationFIT uses specially developed algorithms to 'read' and analyze digital images of animal tracks -- here, a cheetah footprint -- and identify the species, sex, and age of the individual animal that made them.

Credit

WildTrack.org

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None

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