A network dubbed the internet of animals is helping track migrating critters
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The mini-transmitter on the back of the cuckoo accounts for less than five percent of his body weight. It radios its data every two days for ten hours. Photo: © Natural History Museum of Denmark/M. Willemoes
By Morning Edition Hosts
The internet of animals, it’s a global initiative to tag, track and learn about animal movement around the world.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Let’s turn to the animal kingdom now. A network dubbed the internet of animals helps track migrating critters to learn about their environment and ways to protect them.
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A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: For an initial test phase, scientists are tracking 10 animal species around the world from jaguars in the Amazon to geese in Siberia. In North America, Ashley Lohr is coordinating the project with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
ASHLEY LOHR: The purpose is to produce kind of these solar-powered, satellite-transmissible, lightweight tags that we can place on various species of wildlife to get a sense of how animals and populations and species are doing.
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