Penguins are way harder to figure out than humans

Surveillance system identifies penguins as they waddle to the beach — BBC
**Biometrics picks up the penguins**
**Rebecca Morelle** • 9/15/2024
The problem of keeping track of thousands of near-identical African penguins may have been solved.

BBC
**Biometrics picks up the penguins**
**Rebecca Morelle** • 9/15/2024
The problem of keeping track of thousands of near-identical African penguins may have been solved.

heads up: this is a pretty old post, it may be outdated.

Sat Jun 28 2008

The BBC reports a very cool new technology that allows scientists to track penguins based on their biometrics.

I certainly can't tell one penguin from another, and if software can do that, think of the implications. Imagine a computer that knows, and can automatically keyword photos based on who's in them. Just tell the computer once, who someone is, and you're good to go.