What makes a whale photograph useful?
From Nick’s question: “Like the days and the place and like what must happen before that becomes a Research quality encounter?”
So if it's a humpback whale, we want the underside of the tail. When a humpback whale dives, oftentimes you see the underside of the tail. And that has individual features that are very identifiable. For other species, it's different features.
Ted explains photo identification as part of a longer demonstration of Happywhale submissions, including dates, locations and human checks.
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