Australian researchers launch AI koala âfacial recognitionâ
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Send Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in Australia are experimenting with facial recognition technology to monitor koalas as part of conservation efforts.
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The team from Griffith University in the northeast state of Queensland is attempting to use AI to recognise the marsupials when they use wildlife crossings, designed to offer the animals a safe route either over or under public roads. They hope the data would give a better understanding of how koalas are using them, and whether the crossings could be better located to protect them from getting injured by cars.Â
Zoo adds to animal residents
By The Telegram staff
Lee Richardson Zoo has welcomed two new members to its animal family - a jaguar and a black-footed ferret.
Kaya, a female, 12-year-old jaguar from the Salisbury Zoo in Maryland was introduced to four-year-old jaguar, Luna, in Cat Canyon on the morning of June 1. While the two cats had previously been able to smell, see, and hear each other through a divider in their indoor quarters, this was the first time they shared the same space.
Animal Care staff looked on as Luna cautiously approached Kaya. Luna, the younger jaguar, is known for being inquisitive; her first interactions with Kaya were no different. Kaya allowed Luna to approach her, the pair met face to face, and sniffed one another thoroughly. Other than a few tail twitches and a couple of “that’s enough” warning snarls from Kaya, the pair were introduced successfully without incident.