Dr. KATE STAFFORD on What the Whales Hear [ENCORE] /272
For The Wild
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Bohead Whales Are an Iconic Animal of the Arctic
bohead whales were brought to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, primarily in the 17 and 18 undreds. They were hunted both for their baling, which is sometimes referred to whalebone, as whalebone, even though it's not bone at all. Thedisco of oil on land may, in fact, have saved some of these species from extinction. And yet, now it's our exploitation of that oil on land hat is really one of the main drivers of climate change,. It's a catch 22, eh? I know that north americais large as oil field prudo bay is found in alaska. Which is to say that the arctic has experienced its
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