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Whale Tales Podcast Whale Tales
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4.6 • 10 Ratings
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Bringing you stories, news, fun facts, and more about whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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Episode 064-Dolphin Fact Off Part 2
Dolphin filled episode this month – we’ve got dolphins facts and more dolphins facts and a dolphin story and dolphin themed call to action. It’s the only way we know how to celebrate Dolphin Awareness Month!
Show Notes:
–Lauryn Fly Instagram
–Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by Kaplan et al.
–The Life History of Free-Ranging Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis): Age Classes, Color Phases, and Female Reproduction by Denise L. Herzing
–Behavioral and anatomical evidence for electroreception in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) by Fersen et al.
-Amazing Encounters with Amazon River Dolphins -
Episode 063-2024 Mailbag
We are back with another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you!
Show Notes:
-Perucetus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perucetus
-Podcast episodes with notes on become marine biologists and/or featuring marine biologists:
https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-032-community-science/
https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-015-killer-whale-research/https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-013-the-story-of-us/
-Best marine biology universities (western centric): https://gyanberry.com/blog/best-global-universities-for-marine-biology-in-2022-2023/
-A Conversation with “Twain”:
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-have-20-minute-conversation-with-a-humpback-whale-named-twain/
https://peerj.com/articles/16349/
-A Surprise Whale https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-whale-6-23 -
Episode 062-Journal Club Plus!
Happy 2024! We are kicking the year off with a journal club (that you may have already heard if you are a patron of ours) on the paper “Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish-eating Southern Resident killer Whales (Orcinus orca)” by Giles et al, plus a handful of clips from our friends!
Content Warning: please note our journal club discussion entails talk of porpoise harassment and killing. This discussion runs from 1:56-23:46.
Show Notes
-Full paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mms.13073
-Krisztina’s stories from Norway: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/krisztina/
-Super mega pod of dolphins: https://news.mongabay.com/2013/02/photo-pod-of-100000-dolphins-spotted-off-california-coast/
-Gnarly’s Return to the Salish Sea: https://whale-tales.org/gnarlys-return-to-the-salish-sea-12-23
-Five Star Whales: https://www.5starwhales.com/ IG: @fivestarwhales
-Gnarly: One Whale, Two Numbers: https://whale-tales.org/gnarly-one-whale-two-numbers/
-Salish Sea Stormwater Monitoring: https://stormwater-salishsea.org/ IG: @salishseastormwater
-Adopt a Catch Basin (City of Vancouver): https://vancouver.adoptacity.co/ -
Episode 061-Humpbacks in the Whitsundays
Welcome back to the Whale Tales Podcast! Today we are joined by Olivia Brodhurst and Crystal Lacey to talk all about the Whitsundays and the East Australian Humpbacks you can find there!
Show Notes:
Whales of the Whitsundays: https://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/blog/whales-in-the-whitsundays/
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/learn/animals/whales-and-dolphins
World Cetacean Alliance: https://worldcetaceanalliance.org/
Whitsundays Whale Heritage Area Candidacy: https://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/whale-heritage/
Eye on the Reef App: https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/help/eye-on-the-reef
Whales of the Whitsundays Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/332062545807962/
Whitsunday Environmental: https://whitsundayenvironmental.com.au/
Little Fish Tourism Development: https://www.littlefishtourism.com.au/ -
Episode 060-Emily Cunningham
For this months episode of the Whale Tales Podcast we talked to Emily Cunningham, marine biologist and conservationist about her research, Humpback community science in the UK and so many other things – it was amazing and we are so excited to share it with you!
Show Notes:
-Emily’s Website: https://emilycunningham.co.uk/
-Motion for the Ocean: https://lgacoastalsig.com/motion-for-the-ocean/
-Follow Emily on Twitter: @EG_Cunningham Instagram/Threads: @marinebiologylife
-My Favourite Cetacean Encounter:https://whale-tales.org/my-favourite-cetacean-encounter—2010 -
Episode 059-Summer Report 2023
We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year!
Show Notes:
–Ashley’s Stories
Customer Reviews
Whale of a Time
Lovely show. Three great hosts who are expert and informative whilst being aware enough of their audience to avoid too much technical language.
My only criticism is that at the beginning of each episode they don’t assume that they are talking to first-time listeners with little or no knowledge of the field. For example, announcing the birth of a calf without mentioning up front that it’s from a coastal pod of orcas could be a little off-putting for anyone who can’t parse why they’re so excited.
It’s such a relief to hear wonderful communicators who—unlike so many other podcast hosts—don’t appear to think the world revolves around them. They keep it all focused on what the world should revolve around: whales and dolphins (and porpoises too).
The whale friends I wish I had in real life 🐋
I love this podcast! If you like learning about whales and other cetaceans, and especially if you don’t work in the field (or ocean- LOL) of cetaceans, it’s hard when you want to talk about whales and nobody else is that interested.. haha! Listening to this show makes me feel connected to a community of fellow whale enthusiasts- so thank you from the UK! Keep up the good work!
Whaley Great!
As the title says this is a great podcast to take a deep dive with the wonderful creatures that roam our oceans. Also, I really liked the tips to reduce plastic and recycle it.
Thank you!