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• by The_Hawkins_Family

  There is a seal on the ice in the background!

  Posted March 20, 2017 10:08 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Yes, a Leopard seal having a sunshine bath! 😃

  Posted March 20, 2017 10:36 PM

• by lpilarsk

  Leopard seal, same one as in many other images at this site on Feb 12th morning

  Posted March 26, 2017 3:52 AM

• by lpilarsk

  Just curious- do comments ever get used for data collection and/or analysis?

  Posted March 26, 2017 3:53 AM

• by suzeroo

  Comments aren't part of the data collection or analysis; they're for anecdotal observations, for the benefit of you and I 😃

  Posted March 26, 2017 4:59 AM

• by suzeroo

  I'm sure a moderator will provide a more complete response tomorrow!

  Posted March 26, 2017 5:00 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  @lpilarsk It's a good question. In some projects tags from comments play a very important role in the classification data processing (Chimp&See).

  Posted March 26, 2017 6:47 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  But in many projects (like PW) the researchers don't use any comments from our volunteers, they only work with the classification results.

  Posted March 26, 2017 6:49 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Anyway, it is good to follow the FAQs and recommendations by the moderators on various project Talks while using tags in your comments.

  Posted March 26, 2017 6:50 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  We, moderators of PW, do read all the comments that appear on the Talk. And when we find something that is worth an attention of our scientists, we inform them immediately.

  Posted March 26, 2017 6:51 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Nice question, and I agree with yshish. 😄

  Posted March 26, 2017 9:18 AM