What is the most-observed individual organism on iNat?

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@toadwarrior

one of the giant sequoias at Sequoia National Park

@ash2016

The General Sherman tree alone seems to have roughly 90 - 130 observations on here, so I would assume that would be it.

seems like a contender.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=36.581676&lng=-118.751457&radius=0.5&subview=map&taxon_id=59567&verifiable=any

@sedgequeen

There’s a Monterrey Cypress in a southern California park where school class after school class comes there and posts observations on iNaturalist. There must be hundreds of photos of that tree

@polypody

it’s the one growing above a rock wall on the seashore in Del Monte Forest

if you’re thinking of this, i don’t think it beats General Sherman: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=36.53&nelng=-121.93&place_id=any&swlat=36.51&swlng=-121.965&taxon_id=322545&verifiable=any

@scubabruin

I’d even think the Methusela tree in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest may be one

@gcwarbler

the staff keep the identity and exact location of Methusela well hidden

there are lots of observations of trees in that grove, and some are fairly distinctive. hard to tell, but it’s possible one might be a contender.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=37.385167&lng=-118.178436&place_id=any&radius=2&taxon_id=48414&verifiable=any

@subalpine

What about famous stands of aspen clones?

@crowntipped

it might be Pando which takes up over 100 acres

nope. only about 20 observations to date: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=38.526&lng=-111.748&place_id=any&radius=0.75&subview=map&taxon_id=54840&verifiable=any

@crowntipped

The Great Banyan Tree is another guess

just one observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=22.560768&lng=88.286663&radius=0.1&place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=54880

@gaby_b

Fiona the baby hippo here at the Cincinnati Zoo

no iNat observation yet, though there is a hippo from before Fiona’s time: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=154920&taxon_id=42146&verifiable=any