DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t2462
title: Data from: Can the camera lie? A nonpermanent nick in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

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description: Figure
 1APhotograph of individual
 1121 taken on June 20th 2011. Image 1A taken at 0942am (GMT) showing
 multiple nicks on trailing edge of fin. Image 1A is considered a high
 quality shot. Images 1A, 1B and 1C clearly show the same fin shape, the
 teeth rakes and white skin lesions that show a convincing match despite
 the nicks.Figure
 1BPhotograph of individual
 1121 taken on June 20th 2011. Image 1B taken at 0942am (GMT) but after
 image 1A, shows a clean trailing edge. Image 1B is considered lower
 quality. Images 1A, 1B and 1C clearly show the same fin shape, the teeth
 rakes and white skin lesions that show a convincing match despite the
 nicks.Figure
 1CPhotograph of individual
 1121 taken on June 20th 2011. Image 1C taken at 1047am (GMT) during a
 second encounter of the same animal, also with a clean trailing edge.
 Image 1C is considered a high quality shot. Images 1A, 1B and 1C clearly
 show the same fin shape, the teeth rakes and white skin lesions that show
 a convincing match despite the nicks.Figure
 S1APhotograph of individual
 1121 showing matches between years - S1A, B C and D. Fin shape and large
 white horizontal scratches on side of dorsal fin (orange ellipse) fade but
 remain constant. Scratches on body (red ellipse) fade with progression
 through time, but are still evident in each photograph. S1A and S1B from
 June 2011, S1C from July 2012, S1D from June 2013. In 2012 the individual
 picked up a nick in the trailing edge of its fin (S1C) This nick was
 different to that seen in the anomalous photograph (Figure 1A) from 2011
 but it remained consistent when this animal was re-sighted again in 2013
 (S1D).Figure
 S1BPhotograph of individual
 1121 showing matches between years - S1A, B C and D. Fin shape and large
 white horizontal scratches on side of dorsal fin (orange ellipse) fade but
 remain constant. Scratches on body (red ellipse) fade with progression
 through time, but are still evident in each photograph. S1A and S1B from
 June 2011, S1C from July 2012, S1D from June 2013. In 2012 the individual
 picked up a nick in the trailing edge of its fin (S1C) This nick was
 different to that seen in the anomalous photograph (Figure 1A) from 2011
 but it remained consistent when this animal was re-sighted again in 2013
 (S1D).Figure
 S1CPhotograph of individual
 1121 showing matches between years - S1A, B C and D. Fin shape and large
 white horizontal scratches on side of dorsal fin (orange ellipse) fade but
 remain constant. Scratches on body (red ellipse) fade with progression
 through time, but are still evident in each photograph. S1A and S1B from
 June 2011, S1C from July 2012, S1D from June 2013. In 2012 the individual
 picked up a nick in the trailing edge of its fin (S1C) This nick was
 different to that seen in the anomalous photograph (Figure 1A) from 2011
 but it remained consistent when this animal was re-sighted again in 2013
 (S1D).Figure
 S1DPhotograph of individual
 1121 showing matches between years - S1A, B C and D. Fin shape and large
 white horizontal scratches on side of dorsal fin (orange ellipse) fade but
 remain constant. Scratches on body (red ellipse) fade with progression
 through time, but are still evident in each photograph. S1A and S1B from
 June 2011, S1C from July 2012, S1D from June 2013. In 2012 the individual
 picked up a nick in the trailing edge of its fin (S1C) This nick was
 different to that seen in the anomalous photograph (Figure 1A) from 2011
 but it remained consistent when this animal was re-sighted again in 2013
 (S1D).Figure S2
 1010Persistence of
 non-permanent scratches over a four year period in dolphin number 1059.
 Coloured arrows point to the same marks over time. Image from
 2010.Figure S2
 2011Persistence of
 non-permanent scratches over a four year period in dolphin number 1059.
 Coloured arrows point to the same marks over time. Image from
 2011.Figure S2
 2012Persistence of
 non-permanent scratches over a four year period in dolphin number 1059.
 Coloured arrows point to the same marks over time. Image from
 2012.Figure S2
 2013Persistence of
 non-permanent scratches over a four year period in dolphin number 1059.
 Coloured arrows point to the same marks over time. Image from
 2013.Figure S3
 leftPhotographs of
 individual 1121 showing the left hand side of the fin.Figure S3
 rightPhotographs of
 individual 1121 showing the right hand side of the fin.