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Whale Tales Podcast

A monthly podcast bringing you stories, news, fun facts, and more about whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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Episode 048-2023 Mailbag

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2023/02/22

We’ve got another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Dorsal Fins: https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dorsal-fins-from-killer-whales-to-narwhals/ -Environmental Impacts of Covid-19: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/ -Episode 028 – Fin Whales: https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-028-fin-whales/ -Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea,

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Episode 047-Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales

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2023/01/25

Get out your bulletin board and your string, this month we are talking about the very confusing Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales! Show Notes: -How the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whale became the Rice’s Whale: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/marine-mammal-protection/how-gulf-mexico-brydes-whale-became-rices-whale -A Surprise Season of Sei Whales! https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/

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Episode 046-Bowhead Whales

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2022/12/21

This month we are headed back up to the Arctic to talk about the longest living mammal, the Bowhead Whale! Show Notes: –The Bowhead Whale: Balaena Mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions, Editors: J.C. George, J.G.M. Thewissen –The Naming of Things: Bowhead Whales –‘Twas the Night Before Dolphins

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Episode 045-Icelandic Orcas

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2022/11/30

Very exciting nerdy episode this month! We are talking to Judith Scott about her lifetime of whale watching adventures and talking a deep dive into all things Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Judith’s stories: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/ -Laki Tours: https://lakitours.com/ -We are all Whalers by Michael Moore: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57331837 -Icelandic Orca Project: https://www.icelandic-orcas.com/ -Orca Guardians: Orca ID:

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Episode 044-Summer Report 2022

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2022/10/26

We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –A Rare Visit from Risso’s Dolphins –Ashley’s Stories –SlomowaterAK on Instagram –Harbour Porpoises just Outside of English Bay –T065A5 “Indy’s” Adventures -Join us on Patreon for an extra Whale […]

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Episode 043-Marcie Callewaert

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2022/09/28

We are joined this month by Storyteller and long time friend of Whale Tales, Marcie Callewaert to discuss her 10+ years in whale watching off the coast of BC! –Read all of Marcie’s Whale Tales –Southern Resident’s wearing salmon hats

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Episode 042-Harbor Porpoise Foraging Habitat Use

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2022/08/31

Journal club is back! This month we are discussing the paper Extracting foraging behavior from passive acoustic monitoring data to better understand harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging habitat use by Nicole R. E. Todd, Mark Jessopp, Emer Rogan, Ailbhe S. Kavanagh, published in June 2022 Show Notes: –the full paper –Nicole Todd on Twitter -A […]

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Episode 041-Rostrums

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2022/07/27

We are back with an on the nose episode – it’s all about rostrums! Show Notes: -Evolutionary Steps for Blowholes on Whales and Dolphins: https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-evolutionary-steps-for-the-blowhole-on-whales-and-dolphins -Review of Cetacean Noses: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23034 -The Naming of Blackfish: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-blackfish/ -Northern Bottlenose Whales in Nova Scotia:

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Episode 040-Southern Resident Killer Whales

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2022/06/29

It’s the last week of Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Last but certainly not least: the Southern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Be Whale Wise -See a Blow Go Slow –Southern Resident Whale Tales –2022 Measures […]

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Episode 039-Northern Resident Killer Whales

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2022/06/22

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Northern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Northern Resident Whale Tales

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Episode 038-Bigg’s Killer Whales

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2022/06/15

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Bigg’s Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Bigg’s Killer Whale Whale Tales –April Starts off with a Bang –Incredible Encounter with the T123’s and T124A’s –Epic Day with the T36A’s […]

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Episode 037-Offshore Killer Whales

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2022/06/08

Welcome to Orca Awareness Month 2022! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. First up: Offshore Killer Whales! Show Notes: Whale Tales Merch

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Episode 036-Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whales

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2022/05/25

We are back and are (finally!) talking about Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whales! Show Notes: –Cascadia Research in Hawaii –The First Time I Saw a Sperm Whale

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Episode 035-Kids Questions

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2022/04/27

We are back and are answering kids cetacean questions! Show Notes: –The Naming of Things: Whale –8 year old discovered whale poop

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Episode 034-Long Term Memory in Bottlenose Dolphins

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2022/03/30

We are celebrating Dolphin Awareness Month with our first ever journal club discussing the paper Decades-long social memory in bottlenose dolphin” by Jason N. Bruck Show Notes: –The full paper –Jason’s website –Individualized Whistle Contours in Bottlenose Dolphins –My First Trip with Wild Dolphins

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Episode 033-Whale Olympics!

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2022/02/23

We are celebrating the Olympics this month with our first ever Whale Olympics! –Dolphin Olympics, Episode 12 -Deepest Diving Mammals –Humpbacks Bubble Net Feeding –Arctic Whales in Greenland –Vote for Miss Congeniality!

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Mailbag Episode Five

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2022/01/26

We are back! We are starting off the new year with a mailbag episode-filled with questions submitted by you! Show Notes –Follow the new Whale Tales Instagram account –A Banner Year for the Salish Sea -Signature Whistles in Cetaceans –James Bartley –Photographer in the mouth of a Bryde’s Whales –Killer Whale Interactions with other Marine […]

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Episode 032-Community Science

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2021/11/24

We are joined with the amazing Caitlin Birdsall to talk about the magic of community/citizen science especially when it comes to cetaceans! -Do our Seventh Anniversary Survey –Marine Education and Research Society –Whale Report app -BC Cetaceans Sighting Network –Cetaceans Sightings Networks across the world –Northern Resident’s at a Rubbing Beach

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Episode 031-Summer Report 2021

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2021/10/27

We are joined by special guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –Whale Watching Guidelines –Sustainable Halloween Candy –Halloween Waste Recycling in BC

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Episode 030-Porpoises

Whale Tales Podcast ·

2021/09/29

We are back with a porpoise this month😂 You guessed it-we are talking all about those tiny cetaceans-porpoises! Show Notes –Why it might not be too late for the Vaquita –Porpoises are most closely related to Belugas and Narwhals than Dolphins –An Incredible Encounter with Dolphins and Porpoises –Porpoise Conservation Society –Ocean Wise Seafood

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