POOP BREAKTHROUGH:
Scientists are using poop to identify tigers.
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/617/1
This has great promise for use in the tracking of animals because using paw prints is not completely reliable. Humans decide which animals made which prints and humans are suspectible to error. The other method involves using video cameras to estimate population counts; this does not always work because some areas are not conducive to camera equipment. The poo is better because it has DNA, so scientists can be sure in their conclusions.
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