Elephant Photo ID

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less. Read the full description.

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Playing: Elephant Photo ID
From: Pat Maxwell

Isla_earth_inlay Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less. But it’s true. Researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society have developed individual photo identification cards for wild elephants in southern India...

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Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less. But it’s true. Researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society have developed individual photo identification cards for wild elephants in southern India...