# Let's Talk Annotations **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/lets-talk-annotations/627 "2019-03-09T01:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 135
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/lets-talk-annotations/627/135 "2019-11-25T20:47:23Z")
OK, iNaturalist now has an `Alive or Dead`annotation for observations within [Animalia](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1-Animalia). The possible values for this annotation are: `Alive` - meaning that evidence shows the organism is alive and shows no signs of imminent death. `Dead` - meaning that evidence shows the organism is dead or shows signs of imminent death. `Cannot Be Determined` - meaning that the evidence shown does not allow one to determine if the organism is alive or dead (eg a dropped feather or a snake shed) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/d/df8f5cccba355bd1db822bedb368b3cb513fb299.png) And there are keyboard shortcuts for this annotation in identify: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/8/8e0eeb040954c6dab089d094c127d0704ffbf8c6.png) We decided against applying this annotation to plants as it’s likely many perennial plants seen in winter might be erroneously marked as `Dead`, [as brought up here](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/lets-talk-annotations/627/42). Speaking of plants, as @marina_gorbunova noted, the `Budding` option under `Plant Phenology` has now been changed to `Flower budding` to make it clear that the annotation only refers to flowers. Like the other changes noted here, it should all be available for translation on CrowdIn. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/lets-talk-annotations/627)._