: Over a 15-year period in Gujarat, India , exactly 11 sightings of the elusive Rusty-spotted cat were recorded, providing critical data on its distribution in protected versus agricultural lands.
Modern data collection relies heavily on public participation to reach these critical numbers.
: Citizen science projects, like the avvistAPP in the Adriatic Sea, use aggregated sightings to track invasive taxa, where specific species (like Cotylorhiza tuberculata ) may account for exactly 11% of total recorded data points. The Role of Citizen Science
: Marine biologists studying the Deraniyagala's beaked whale used a set of 11 photographed sightings to build a profile for identification, comparing morphology against genetically confirmed individuals. Conservation Case Studies