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Orcas: Apex Predators Or Marine Park Stars?
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
NPR science correspondent Lauren Sommer joins Short Wave host Emily Kwong to talk about a team of researchers who were the first to document a pack of orcas attacking a blue whale. Their work shows that killer whales, while stars in marine parks and movies, are also the ocean's top-- and often viscous-- predators. Humans' complex relationship with them may say more about humans than about the orcas.
Released:
Mar 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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