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Distinguishing seemingly indistinguishable animals with computer vision

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A general method to recognize and track unmarked animals within a population will enable new studies of social behavior and individuality.

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Figure 1: It is difficult to keep track of animals′ identity on the basis solely of their motion.

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Branson, K. Distinguishing seemingly indistinguishable animals with computer vision. Nat Methods 11, 721–722 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3004

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