SealNet, automated facial recognition technology using a database of seal faces, was developed by a research team at Colgate University and will assist in conservation efforts.
A team of New York scientists may have sealed the deal on the conservation of one of Maine’s most recognized wild animals.
The group of researchers out of Colgate University processed pictures of dozens of harbor seals in Casco Bay, on the state’s southern coast, then gathered them in a database. They used the images to create SealNet, an automated facial recognition technology that has proven close to 100% accurate in identifying the mammals.
The software is being touted as “a vital tool for ecological and behavioral studies of marine mammals in the developing field of conservation technology,” according to a study“Understanding their dispersal, understanding their patterns really helps inform any conservation efforts for the coast,” said team member Krista Ingram, who is also a biology teacher at the Colgate University.
Harbor seals were once in danger of local extinction as they were commercially hunted. However, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which was enacted in 1972, prohibited the capturing of marine mammals in the U.S., saving them from endangerment.
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