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We also now watch these dolphins from the air. In 2022, a non-profit group named Maui63 launched a hi-tech drone that can fly far offshore for up to six hours at a time and use artificial intelligence to spot Māui and Hector’s dolphins. Constantine leads the project.
“When it detects a Māui or a Hector’s dolphin it lets us know on land, where we’re piloting it from,” she explains. The drone is not bothered by rough seas or big swells—the pragmatics that hamper research from boats. It’s hoped the drone will show researchers where Māui dolphins go during winter, something that still largely eludes us.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 183 September / October 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-special-case-of-our-smallest-dolphins/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
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“When it detects a Māui or a Hector’s dolphin it lets us know on land, where we’re piloting it from,” she explains. The drone is not bothered by rough seas or big swells—the pragmatics that hamper research from boats. It’s hoped the drone will show researchers where Māui dolphins go during winter, something that still largely eludes us.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 183 September / October 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-special-case-of-our-smallest-dolphins/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.
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