Hey there! Have you heard about the golden snub-nosed monkeys? 🐒 They’re these super cute monkeys with golden-orange fur and amazing upturned noses! Sadly, they’re endangered, but here’s some good news: scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help protect them!
In the Qinling Mountains of China, which is like a huge natural zoo full of cool animals and plants, scientists are working hard to save these monkeys. June is the best time to count newborn baby monkeys, and researchers are using AI to make this easier.
So, how does it work? 🤖✨ Well, a team from Northwest University has been watching these monkeys for over 20 years! They’ve created an AI system that can recognize each monkey by looking at pictures from videos. It’s like facial recognition, but for monkeys! 🐵
For example, there’s a monkey named Xiaoxiaoqing. The AI can find her in videos and show all her information, like her name, family, and health details. This helps scientists keep track of every monkey and understand how they’re doing.
They also weigh the monkeys every season to check their health and see how their diet affects them. It’s important work because the more we know about these monkeys, the better we can protect them!
And it’s not just monkeys! The AI technology is also helping with other animals like takins, which are like big, fluffy goat-antelopes. 🐐
The Qinling Mountains are super special because they are home to many amazing animals like giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, and crested ibises. All these animals are really important, and scientists are doing their best to help them survive.
Isn’t it awesome how technology can help us protect wildlife? Maybe one day, you could be a scientist using AI to save animals too! 🌟
Reference(s):
AI enhances protection of endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys
cgtn.com
