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Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by DeLopSpot »

AnujNayyar wrote: post #4
kylenessen wrote: post #2

Why not iNaturalist?

iNaturalist is great for identification and information, but it lacked the fun and soul we were looking for. It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it, it feels like you’re in biology class (no hate to them). Wildex gives you cute fun facts and lets you build up points for rare species finds. It feels like a completely different experience.

iNaturalist specifically has a gamified Seek app for new users which is more approachable and has more 'fun' elements than the main iNaturalist app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seek-by-inaturalist/id13532241...

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by deadbabe »

blorenz wrote: post #25

You have a snow leopard in your app screenshots. The Chinese woman just made the latest news cycles about being mauled by attempting to get a selfie with one. I hope those who use your app will ensure they are taking photos from a very safe distance.

The second photo is a tiger lunging at the camera ready to kill the user.

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by swyx »

blorenz wrote: post #25

You have a snow leopard in your app screenshots. The Chinese woman just made the latest news cycles about being mauled by attempting to get a selfie with one. I hope those who use your app will ensure they are taking photos from a very safe distance.

(semi serious) are there any ways to distinguish photos from being taken up close with no barrier vs behind plexiglass in a zoo?

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by swyx »

AnujNayyar wrote: post #21

Just as an example, we are currently at lady bird lake in Austin, tx and saw a turtle on the bank. It turned out to be a red eared slider turtle. The app informed us that they can breathe through their bottoms! Who knew!

i thought this was more common than it is, but it's also not rare. Claude:

Around a dozen turtle species globally can breathe through their cloacas (rear openings), with roughly half living in Australian rivers. The main species that have truly mastered this ability include the Fitzroy River turtle, Mary River turtle, and white-throated snapping turtle. Additionally, some freshwater turtles like Blanding's turtle use a more limited form of cloacal respiration during hibernation when trapped under ice for extended periods. The Fitzroy River turtle is particularly impressive, obtaining up to 70% of its oxygen needs through cloacal respiration and staying submerged for up to 21 days. The white-throated snapping turtle can get nearly 70% of its oxygen this way as well. These turtles have specialized structures called cloacal bursae—sac-like organs with densely packed papillae (small blood vessel-rich structures)—that allow oxygen from water to diffuse directly into their bloodstream.

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by shermantanktop »

AnujNayyar wrote: post #19
dylan604 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you put up anything when ID'ing a dangerous situation like "RUUUUUN!!!" or similar? Maybe a more serious idea would be to give some sort of visual indication of danger vs loading some text to read that says it's dangerous.

Yeah the first thing that comes up is a full page splash screen saying ‘DANGEROUS SPECIES Be careful’ So hopefully people will get the memo immediately!

If i have learned anything about UX, it's that 1) people don't read, 2) people also don't read, and 3) if you have something important to tell them, don't make them read.

What that leaves you as options is pretty limited.

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by appplication »

swyx wrote: post #34
blorenz wrote: post #25

You have a snow leopard in your app screenshots. The Chinese woman just made the latest news cycles about being mauled by attempting to get a selfie with one. I hope those who use your app will ensure they are taking photos from a very safe distance.

(semi serious) are there any ways to distinguish photos from being taken up close with no barrier vs behind plexiglass in a zoo?

I don’t think you’d want to solve for plexiglass since not all zoos have that but you could just cluster sightings and if you have 1000 sightings in a very particular location it wouldn’t be hard to identify.

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by childofhedgehog »

I mostly use iNaturalist for foraging mushrooms, and have found it’s somewhat unreliable unless I already have an idea of what I’m looking for. How is this app set up for mushroom IDs? Sounds really fun and I love the concept but given some mushrooms are quite dangerous correct IDs are vital. I assume this also applies to plants?

Re: Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Post by s0rce »

childofhedgehog wrote: post #39

I mostly use iNaturalist for foraging mushrooms, and have found it’s somewhat unreliable unless I already have an idea of what I’m looking for. How is this app set up for mushroom IDs? Sounds really fun and I love the concept but given some mushrooms are quite dangerous correct IDs are vital. I assume this also applies to plants?

Mushrooms, mosses, invertebrates and even some plants seem to rely on specific small features that aren't always captured in photos of the thing to identify accurately down to the species level.
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