Why Thousands of Whales Die Every Year
Across the world’s oceans, an unnoticed massacre is going on. Every year an alarming number of whales are hit and killed by ships – but because their bodies sink to the bottom of the ocean, their deaths go unrecorded. ↠Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Terr....aMaterOfficial?sub_c
Are ship strikes avoidable, or a problem that’s only going to get worse? We speak to Michael Fishbach of the Great Whale Conservancy about where exactly the problem lies and what we might be able to do to stop it.
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Photo credits (slide show):
[1] Ed Lyman /NOAA MMHSRP, NOAA Photo Library
[2] Wayne Hoggard, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, NOAA Photo Library
[3] pressure-drop.us, Marine Insight, "Blue Whales Lack The Ability To Avoid Cargo Ships, Says Stanford Biologist"
[4] NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, "Vessel / Whale Collisions (ship strike)"
[5] Reuters Connect
[6] Reuters Connect