The FlickrBlog reports this message from Gale:
People have been submitting good humpback whale fluke shots to a group called Humpback whale flukes. I volunteer at Allied Whale which holds the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog and I was able to make a very exciting match with one of the whales that was posted on the group by GeorgeK.
George saw this whale in Newfoundland in the summer of 2005. It matched with HWC#2943 in the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catolog ….. this whale was seen only once before in March 1984!!! on Silver Bank (the breeding grounds North of the Dominican Republic).
This is what flickr has the power to do.
Posted March 13, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: allied whale, collaborative database, connections, flickr, flukes, humpback whales, North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog, serendipity, social networks, social software, whale flukes, whale watch, whales. 3 Comments.
Way back in 2003, ClassroomHelp.com published a story on whale watching in Lake Michigan. As it turns out, the info was based on content on a Geocities.com member page that suggests they book trips to see and swim with marine fauna in the Great Lakes. Unfortunately, ClassroomHelp.com later posted a retraction saying “we thought it [...]
Posted October 22, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: geocities, lake michigan, marine biologists, marine fauna, michigan, retraction, unfortunately, whale watch, whale watching, whales. 4 Comments.
