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Blackfish

Series: Wandering Jew stories
From: Hearing Voices
Length: 00:03:57

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Identifying whale families by their song. Read the full description.
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Bgblackfish_small Dr. John Ford started the Vancouver Aquarium's ORCA-FM live whale broadcast, and is author of the book Killer Whales. He can ID individual Orca pods by their calls. He spends nights on the water, with a hydrophone, an underwater mic, dangling off the side of the boat. Nights, because in the day, it's too noisy. Premiered on NPR Day to Day. (Photo © John Ford. Music by Jeff Arntsen of Racket Ship.)

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Dr. John Ford started the Vancouver Aquarium's ORCA-FM live whale broadcast, and is author of the book Killer Whales. He can ID individual Orca pods by their calls. He spends nights on the water, with a hydrophone, an underwater mic, dangling off the side of the boat. Nights, because in the day, it's too noisy. Premiered on NPR Day to Day. (Photo © John Ford. Music by Jeff Arntsen of Racket Ship.)

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