Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) set up the camera traps to try and identify jaguars based on the unique patterns of their spots. Once the images were collected, the team ran them through software originally designed to recognize tigers by their stripes.Read more about it at National Geographic Daily News.
The 19 jaguars found by the project represent a record number for a single camera-trap survey in the country.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Camera Traps Show Record Numbers of Jaguars
In Bolivia's Madidi National Park:
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