Resumen de Sharks and bears are your newest Facebook friends
The creatures are getting online thanks to WildMe, a social media app that pulls data from citizen-science platform WildBook and turns it into Facebook pages. The prototype app, already live online, has pages where users can friend and get updates on whale sharks and polar bears. A campaign on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo has been under way since Dec17 to raise money to add more animals to the list. The goal, says Jason Holmberg, the director of WildMe, is to build a story around the life of each creature. He hopes that by seeing them pop up in Facebook feeds, people will connect with the animals' daily experiences and struggles--and be inspired to support conservation efforts.
