Subject: Photoidentification

S. Jones (betej@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:18:57 -0800 (PST)

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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 DrJP2002@aol.com wrote:

> What is the name of the career that takes pictures of whales flukes to
> identify the whales?  Please Reply at DrJp2002@aol.com
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> 
> 	Thanks a bunch
> 
Hello,

The technique of taking pictures to identify whales by the patterns on
their flukes is called photoidentification.  The person taking the
pictures usually has a career in marine mammal science.

Good luck!

Bete

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