# Snapshot Serengeti - My New Obsession **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572 "2013-08-07T10:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/21 "2013-08-12T19:11:23Z")
[This](http://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG000ru70) is my favorite find so far. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/22 "2013-08-12T21:45:59Z")
OMG, I am obsessed. My rarest find so far is a wild cat. Its a great capture. Will have to post a link later. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/23 "2013-08-12T22:49:20Z")
First picture: Legs. “Well, that’d be a giraffe, then…” ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/24 "2013-08-13T00:20:59Z")
Thanks a lot… Now I’ve got a new obsession. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/25 "2013-08-13T00:35:19Z")
I love the captures where you don’t see an animal until you hit the animate/play button, and in the 3rd frame, you suddenly see… a SOMETHING! It’s so exciting, that it’s not just grass again… ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/26 "2013-08-13T00:45:30Z")
I’m loving this as well. My favorite was a female lion. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/27 "2013-08-13T04:29:41Z")
I just got a leopard close-up! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/28 "2013-08-13T04:43:47Z")
Here’s my leopard close-up: > **[Snapshot Serengeti Talk](https://talk.snapshotserengeti.org)** > > Archived discussion forums from Snapshot Serengeti at the Zooniverse. And the wild cat: > **[Snapshot Serengeti Talk](https://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG000tqay)** > > Archived discussion forums from Snapshot Serengeti at the Zooniverse. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/29 "2013-08-13T05:12:53Z")
Cool finds, Brynda! I love that leopard! I had something I classified as a wildcat but all I saw was a bit of the back, but the shape and coloring made me think wildcat. I haven’t seen one that obvious though. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/30 "2013-09-19T09:14:41Z")
Not sure if this would count as reviving a zombie thread or not… But now they’ve got plankton search, as well: [http://www.planktonportal.org/?utm\_source=Newsletter&utm\_medium=Email&utm\_campaign=PlanktonLaunch](http://www.planktonportal.org/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=PlanktonLaunch) ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/31 "2013-09-19T14:10:12Z")
Well that one is a little more complicated, but I’m sure I’ll soon be obsessively searching for plankton as well. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/32 "2013-09-19T19:45:38Z")
Man, all I get is gazelles and wildebeests and one elephant dong. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/33 "2013-09-30T15:34:12Z")
I was having fun with this, but they ran out of pictures! I think I’m going into wildebeest withdrawal. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/34 "2013-10-01T18:32:27Z")
The “Done Classifying” thing seems to have been an error. There’s a discussion thread in the Help forums about it. Sounds like it’s happened at least once before and has now been resolved. More pictures available- back to classifying! After something like 2,400 classifications, I just got mongoose #2, pulling them into a tie with ostriches. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/35 "2014-04-07T22:20:37Z")
It’s back! Season 7 starts today! I’ve already found a few secretary birds (a fave), a buffalo with an oxpecker hanging off its head, a serval, and a bunch of the usual suspects - hartebeest, Tommys, giraffes, hyenas… SO fun! Get in there, but leave some snaps for the rest of us! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/36 "2014-04-08T20:28:17Z")
I sure wish I could zoom in on some of these. I got an ostrich, a hippo, and a whole lot of wildebeests in my first 15 minutes ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/37 "2014-04-08T20:46:31Z")
I did a few, kinda fun, I’ll do some more later. I wish they had a “I really can’t tell button”. I had to hit “Nothing here” for one that was just a leg. I could see a leg of something and another something standing off in the background, but I couldn’t tell what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/38 "2014-04-09T01:43:41Z")
Missed this back when but in my first small batch I saw numerous Thompson’s gazelles, some Guinea fowl, what appeared to be the ass-end of a rhino (sent that one to discussion) and [this impala](http://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG0012csh) is my current favorite. [Edit: Whoops, that’s a Thompson’s ain’t it?] ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/39 "2014-04-09T21:16:25Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I sure wish I could zoom in on some of these. I got an ostrich, a hippo, and a whole lot of wildebeests in my first 15 minutes Use CTRL+ (e.g. press the the Control button and the plus sign at the same time). You lose some resolution, but it really does help with at least some of the tougher ones. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572/40 "2014-04-09T21:33:44Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > Use CTRL+ (e.g. press the the Control button and the plus sign at the same time). You lose some resolution, but it really does help with at least some of the tougher ones. Oh yeah, thanks. I forgot about that trick. Also, in the interesting captures category, I seem to have come across a [wildfire](http://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG00180li) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapshot-serengeti-my-new-obsession/665572.md?page=3)