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Scientists Are Using Crossbows and Drones to Save the Whales

GERM OF AN IDEA

Collecting bacteria from whales is about as complicated as you would think.

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By Amy Apprill, Associate Scientist of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

As we drew closer to the massive humpback whale, I became painfully aware how small our inflatable motorboat actually was.

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