Killer whales

From: Ari Daniel Shapiro
Length: 08:58

A radio homage to killer whales and the people who study them. Read the full description.

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Playing: Killer whales
From: Ari Daniel Shapiro

Dsc_0094_small This piece is about how different populations of killer whales feed and vocalize. But it's also about the people that study them and what inspires them to do so. We visit killer whales off the coasts of Alaska and Norway and we take a trip to the Shetland Islands to meet a team of field biologists studying the elusive animals in that part of the world. As a former killer whale biologist myself, I act as naturalist and anthropologist to discuss both the whales and the humans.

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Piece Description

This piece is about how different populations of killer whales feed and vocalize. But it's also about the people that study them and what inspires them to do so. We visit killer whales off the coasts of Alaska and Norway and we take a trip to the Shetland Islands to meet a team of field biologists studying the elusive animals in that part of the world. As a former killer whale biologist myself, I act as naturalist and anthropologist to discuss both the whales and the humans.