Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation

Photo ID Lesson by Dr. William Megill

Example #3

If you chose the middle whale, you're right! The three photographs were chosen deliberately because they are of whales with quite similar pigmentation. The trick was to look for all of the markings indicated by the circle and arrows.
 

We'll look at one more example, and then you're off to the real thing!

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