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1 million classifications!

We hit our first 1 million classifications milestone today! Thank you to everyone who has been spending time on http://www.chimpandsee.org/ !!!

Dodge from Crimson Dew

A new field site was uploaded to Chimp&See last week that we have been calling Crimson Dew.

Citizen Scientists have sadly already identified a few animals that are suffering from snare wounds at the site, including this one-armed chimpanzee. User 'snorticus' was the first to identify him in two different videos and has given him the name "Dodge".

We have a few interesting discussion going on where you can find out more about snaring and see more interesting clips featuring Dodge and the other chimpanzees of Crimson Dew:

The first discussions about Dodge
http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000k/discussions/DCP0000966

How to pick up a big stone with only one hand
http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000k/discussions/DCP00009hd

A list of videos which seem to include Dodge:
http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000k/discussions/DCP00009i2

Our discussion on snaring:
http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000k/discussions/DCP00009bq

Forest Caviar

Today's #DailyZoo is of a mangabey eating frog eggs from a leaf - also known as forest caviar. User "itsmestephanie" first pointed out the monkey eating goop and user "ksigler" figured out that the goop was actually frog eggs!

video can be seen here: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0003ls8

To find out more check out this paper in which the behaviour was first documented:

Rödel MO, Range F, Seppänen JT, Noë R (2002) Caviar in the rain forest: monkeys as frog-spawn predators in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 18(2):289-294

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/friederike.range/Cavia%20in%20the%20rain%20forest%20(PDF%20File).pdf

Abstract:

The high predation pressure in aquatic environments is generally assumed to be the ultimate cause of terrestrial breeding in anurans (Downie 1993, Magnusson & Hero 1991, Poynton 1964, Yorke 1983). It has evolved multiple times and is presently found in most anuran families (Bogart 1981, Duellman 1992). It is often associated with higher humidity and thus lower desiccation risk in tropical forests (Duellman & Trueb 1986). Most clutches that are oviposited terrestrially are either hidden in subterranean refuges or attached more or less exposed to vegetation (Duellman & Trueb 1986, Lamotte & Lescure 1977). Exposed clutches however, face the risk of desiccation, even in rain-forest environments (Rödel pers. obs.) and are still vulnerable to predation. Such disparate groups as various arthropods (Villa 1977, 1980; Villa & Townsend 1983, Vonesh 2000), frogs (Crump 1974), snakes (Roberts 1994, Scott & Starrett 1974, Warkentin 1995) and birds (Brosset 1967), have been reported to feed on these clutches. The foam nests,which occur in at least six tropical anuran families, seem to provide better protection. Their drying surface and their more or less liquid interior offers the tadpoles an aquatic environment that is well protected against desiccation and predation (Duellman & Trueb 1986, Seymour & Loveridge 1994). In addition the bubbles of the foam facilitate oxygen diffusion within the nest and may even provide a capacious oxygen store for eggs and hatched tadpoles (Seymour & Loveridge 1994). Few predators have been reported to feed on foam nests, one of which,paradoxically, is a frog (Drewes & Altig 1996). In the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast, we discovered a quite unexpected group of predators preying on foam nests and frog clutches exposed on leaves: monkeys.

New Chimp&See primate guide!

Our citizen scientist moderators at #chimpandsee are AMAZING! 

Lead by user 'ksigler' they have put together a primate guide so that those of you who would like to hashtag the primate videos to the species level can help us gather even more data! 

One million THANK YOUs to our citizen scientists who are blowing us away with their initiative and commitment! Dankeshoen & Merci!

Check out the primate guide here:
http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000e/discussions/DCP00007sb