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AI checked 1,176,380 tunnel photos this season and found the 384 showing endangered Cape Town toads using their road underpass

Cameras in six toad tunnels under Peninsula Road in Cape Town’s False Bay Nature Reserve snap a photo every 15 seconds, all night. This season that came to 1,176,380 photos. An AI model built by AIMS South Africa student Joshua Salako picked out the 384 that show an endangered Western Leopard Toad, and the Nature Connect team confirms every one.

Primary source · Cape Town conservation nonprofit that runs the toad tunnels ·
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