We love seeing how researchers are using drones to study wildlife! In this case, researchers from the Harry Butler Institute of Murdoch University are using drones for dugong sitings! From Murdoch University:
“Instead of using a horizontal flight path consisting of long parallel lines up and down the entire survey area, we tested a grid-based system where you could survey one or more grid cells at a time using smaller drones.
Read more and see more from Murdoch University on YouTube
And bonus – what’s the difference between a dugong and a manatee? Learn more from Oceana on YouTube:
Welcome to drone day on the Adafruit blog. Every Monday we deliver the latest news, products and more from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), quadcopter and drone communities. Drones can be used for video & photography (dronies), civil applications, policing, farming, firefighting, military and non-military security work, such as surveillance of pipelines. Previous posts can be found via the #drone tag and our drone / UAV categories.
Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/31/studying-dugongs-with-drones-droneday/
