Greg Mercer, The Guardian; 'One of the boys': lost narwhal finds new home with band of beluga whales
[Kip Currier: Check out the fascinating video clip in this article too. Another example of how drones are being utilized for scientific research, such as wildlife monitoring and conservation, and yielding intriguing information and insights.]
"Whale researchers in Quebec’s St Lawrence River are celebrating a
remarkable discovery: a juvenile narwhal far from its arctic home, that
appears to have been adopted by a band of beluga whales.
The narwhal, more than 1,000km outside its typical range, was filmed
by a drone swimming and playing with dozens of belugas that were
treating it as one of their own."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label wildlife monitoring and conservation. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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