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Science and the Sea Podcast

Whale Breath

May 17, 20262 min · 504 words

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they're called right whales because they were just right for whalers. They're slow, they stay close to shore, and they have a lot of blubber, so they float after they're killed and they yield a lot of oil.
Drones carrying petri dishes hovered above the whale's blowholes. When a whale exhaled, the drone snagged a sample.
healthier whales had higher levels of helpful bacteria in their breath. Less healthy whales had higher levels of nasty bacteria.

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