The unsuspecting naturalist

摘要

To the untrained ear, the chirping noises made by many small creatures or insects sound very similar. Now there is a new breed of app that will allow anyone with a smartphone to identify the unique calls of endangered animals, and keep an eye on biodiversity. Assessing the numbers of a species in a certain area is painstaking, tiring work, particularly when the animal you are looking for is small -and extremely rare. The new app Cicada Hunt works much like Shazam, which samples short music clips to help identify a mystery song.