Genetics and Gray Whale Behavior

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University of California Television (UCTV)

11 жыл бұрын

(Visit: www.uctv.tv/) Understanding whale behavior in the wild is challenging, particularly because these animals spend so much of their time underwater. Join Southwest Fisheries Science Center researcher and Scripps graduate Aimee Lang as she describes how she and her colleagues are using genetic analyses of gray whales to gain valuable insight into their behavior, migratory patterns, and distribution across the Pacific -- information critical for managing the gray whale population in the North Pacific. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [4/2013] [Science] [Show ID: 24563]

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@blacktigershark9745 4 жыл бұрын

The north atlantic grey whale went extinct in the 17th or 18th centery, but there has been sightings of grey whales in the North atlantic

@SindyLowery 9 жыл бұрын

Most Excellent Dissertation "Aimee Lang" >(between Trinidad, Ca. & Crescent City, Ca.) Do we Have any named.. identified Gray Whales that come here by us ?? I've lived here all my life and very interested in when to watch for them & how to help gather & share information ??? from here..Moonstone Beach, Trinidad, Big Lagoon, Klamath,(we had a Gray Whale Die in the Klamath River a few years back.) Crescent City, up further North Oregon...???

@enthusiaststraw7196 8 жыл бұрын

really loved this documentary... we must protect these lovely giants from brutal whaling practices...

@guloguloguy 9 жыл бұрын

Can the males be readily identified from the females, by the Native peoples who would hunt them, before they kill a given animal? - If so, do they avoid killing any female whales?...as this might help to lessen the impact on a group of whales that is struggling to recover in numbers. Don't Any of the Native peoples feel any obligation to forego their selfish/greedy cultural imperative to kill these animals, in favor of letting their population (whales) recover?!