In this episode, I go over Orca news for September and discuss a realistic picture of how many whales I saw this year.

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Gladis: The Orcas Who Sink Yachts

About toxic contaminants in calves:

I talk briefly in this podcast about some new research being done to uncover the effects of contaminants in first born calves. To clarify, research has already been done that proves contaminant concentrations are higher in first borns (see reference below) and the research, currently being done by Chloe Kotik, is exploring the relationship between these contaminants and first-born mortality.

Lundin JI, Ylitalo GM, Booth RK, Anulacion B, Hempelmann JA, Parsons KM, Giles DA, Seely EA, Hanson MB, Emmons CK, Wasser SK. Modulation in Persistent Organic Pollutant Concentration and Profile by Prey Availability and Reproductive Status in Southern Resident Killer Whale Scat Samples. Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jun 21;50(12):6506-16. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00825. Epub 2016 Jun 8. PMID: 27186642.

Those who work as Naturalists on Whale Watches seldom get the experience to be passengers on other vessels, let alone with a crew of new mates.

Tobin and Joe both work out of Granville Island on respective whale watches, but I brought them both together twice this summer to help document the first “collaborative” events I’ve done to date.

This episode was recorded in the car on the way home from our first trip down to Anacortes to go out with Outer Island Excursions. This is technically the second of the recordings that we did, and arguably the better of the two. You can find the first part uploaded to my Patreon.

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The Gladis Orcas are a group of 15 whales from a population of 49 have been engaging in an averse behavior towards boats since 2020. The question is... why?

Jared Towers of Bay Cetology joined me for this episode to talk about who the Gladis Orcas are, why they might be engaging in behaviors with boats, and what the mitigations for these behaviors might be.

To find the letter put out by Naomi Rose and the cetacean working group, which includes Jared, click ⁠here⁠.

You can find more detailed information about the Gladis Orcas and other phenomena discussed in this episode's accompanying ⁠blog⁠.

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Orca's Our Shared Future trip

When: December 2nd, 2023 - 11:00am - 2:00pm

Where: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon

More information (tickets/RSVP) found ⁠here⁠

Marine mammals are fantastic, but in order to keep track of them and make sure they’re safe we need to know when people see them. Enter: Salma, the previous GIS Specialist and Sightings Network Coordinator for The Whale Museum. Get to learn more about the work that goes into keeping this 40+ year old sightings database alive and shifts in the data and demographics happening today.

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The Whale Museum

https://whalemuseum.org/

Doris Duke Conservation Scholars

(Applications open until Feb 1st)

http://uwconservationscholars.org/

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Salma’s Twitter

@stabdelraheem

https://twitter.com/stabdelraheem

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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰

0:00  Intro to Salma

4:11 Creating the GIS Coordinator position

10:31 Orca Master Report

19:43  Sighting and alert systems across boarders

31:37 Recognizing observer input

42:48  Dynamic changes in the field, TWM and SJI

52:22 Whale politics and Databases

57:27 The Future for Salma and Sightings Data

1:04:18 Closing out

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It is amazing how while you’ve known someone for so long, there are many ways they can still surprise you. Join me this episode while my mother and I surprise each other with retellings of times we’ve shared from New Zealand to our family home in Massachusetts.

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Far From Eden Podcast

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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰

0:00  Meet my mom

2:06  Swimming

8:03  Parenting, Teaching and Sustaining Passion

14:05  Meandering Passion

17:43  Orca-centric

25:00  Passion is joy, and its fun to share

29:30  TikTok

40:08  Spending time together in the Orca World

50:54  The Power of the Stories

56:26  Reacting to Dawn Brancheau

59:44  Why I fell in love with orcas

1:05:23 Closing out

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I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Erica Wirth recently and I have the distinct honor of introducing you to her in this episode! As the esteemed host of the Breaching Extinction podcast, Erica has been a part of the naturalist world for quite some time now. Ranging from Florida to Manitoba to the San Juan Islands and now Monterey she has been privy to a wide range of both wildlife and guests alike - she also is the mother of maybe the best animal in the world… Peaches.

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Erica Wirth

Breaching Extinction

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Vermilion Sea Institute

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Clearwater Marine Aquarium

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A lot of amazing things have happened since I started this platform, and this episode highlights my favorite development of all. Orcamania hit Vic’s (or Ms. Vicky’s) elementary school classroom when her students found my TikTok - In the time since they have adopted an orca from the whale museum, watched all of the Free Willy movies, and (albeit outside of Orcamania) stopped the use of plastic straws in school cafeterias in the US’s largest county.

Taryn is pretty cool. After being accepted and preforming in one of Canadas largest Orchestras she has found herself in Vancouver, BC working with the MMRU at the University of British Columbia. AND she catches drones, for anyone who needs a drone catcher. In this podcast, we talk about her journey to her current postgrad degree and dive into different questions being asked in one of the most cutting edge marine mammal research groups in the PNW.

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Taryn Scarff

Taryn Scarff is a Masters Candidate at the University of British Columbia in the Marine Mammal Research Unit studying Transient orca prevalence in the Salish Sea.

UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit

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Insta @tarynscarff

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Twitter @taryn_scarff

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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰

0:00 Marine Mammal Rescue and Tofino

8:56 Undergrad Research

13:27 Road to UBC, Drumming

23:01 Research Vessel

29:28 Filming Orcas: drones and suction cups

36:15 Transients vs Resident Orcas

38:31 Determining Research Question

46:17 Masters Work

49:09 1 month, 1 boat, 1 washing machine, 9 people

57:07 Odd But Useful Skills

1:01:31 Understanding Transients and Populations

1:07:57 Closing out

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Mentions

UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit

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Insta @ubcmarinemammal

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Marine Mammal Rescue

https://mmrpatients.org/

Insta: @marinemammalrescue

Hakai Institute

https://www.hakai.org/

Andrew Trites

https://mmru.ubc.ca/personnel/trites/

For this episode Coral and I fret over the idea that we have been friends for 4 years and go over the four years of conferences, trips, snow creations and shifting perspectives throughout university into this year.  

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Andrew Trites 

https://oceans.ubc.ca/andrew-trites/ 

Marine Mammal Conference 

Full Length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAOjcEmzP2E 

My Presentation: https://youtu.be/B9TKnOaMOfU  

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Coral  

Diversity Reads Podcast 

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Michaela Mansholt is a wildlife photographer, content creator and student at the University of Alaska Southeast. In this episode of the podcast we talk about her journey north from Southern California, the cascading effects of captivity, and the ever growing world of whale people.

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Newport Coastal Adventure

http://www.newportcoastaladventure.com/

Lolita

Save Lolita: https://www.savelolita.org/

The Whale Sanctuary Project: https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/

Jason Colby’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdlAHOOTCQ

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Michaela Mansholt

Wildlife Photography

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Business:

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