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Elephant’s ear outlined

A male elephant’s ear outlined in pink

The drawing tasks in the Elephant ID contour drawing workflow help train a machine learning algorithm. This has been designed to re-identify individual elephants by using the contour of their ear edge as this is one of the most unique aspects you can see in the elephant images.

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Rights: Elephants For Africa
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