Breaching Extinction: Recent Episodes
Erica Wirth
Breaching Extinction is an investigative podcast evaluating the complexities of the declining Southern Resident Killer Whale population in an effort to better understand the trials they currently face, and find solutions through conversation and connection.
This is the final episode of Breaching Extinction (for now). This has been an amazing journey. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of it!
In this episode, Erica chatted with Anaïs Remili researcher and founder of Whale Scientist about her recent publication New killer whale research: North Atlantic killer whale diets revealed in unprecedented detail
This week Erica chatted with the one and only Orca Man aka Fred Denisco about his obsession with the movie Free Willy and some behind-the-scenes details about the film
This week Erica chatted with researcher, José Ángel Ortega Borchardt about his recent publication Microplastics in scats of California sea lions on the Gulf of California.
This week Erica chatted with biologist Helena Costa about her recent publication Using a consumer drone for the collection of humpback whale blow samples during the Arctic polar . Helena compares the uses of different commercial drones for the analysis of cetacean blows.
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with researcher Jaclyn Aubin from the Department of Integrative Biology, Windsor, Ontario, Canada about her recent publication Fly with care: belugas show evasive responses to low altitude drone flights.
Protection, energetic assistance, or social perks: How do beluga offspring benefit from allocare?
Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas
This week Erica chatted with researchers Heidi Pearson from the University of Alaska SE about her recent publication Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?
This is the first episode of season 5! Erica and Madi sit down and chat about the future of the podcast and the southern residents using the full extent of their home range.If you are interested working with Breaching Extinction please send us an instagram DM or email Erica at erica@breachingextinction.com
In this week's porpisode Liam, Madi and Erica discuss Lolita a captive Southern Resident Killer Whale
In this week's porpisode Madi, Liam and Erica talk about the history of wind farms and their current impact on cetaceans
Sources:
Climate Change Impacting Right Whales Episode
Blue Whale Mom Calf Pair Response to Vessel Episode
This week Erica chatted with pathologist Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto about emerging infections diseases in the amazon river dolphin.
Sources:
Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Aquatic Mammals, Amazon Basin, Brazil
In this week's porpisode Madi educates intoxicated Erica and Liam about a variety of animals that get high ;)
This week Erica chatted with Fin Whale Researcher Sacha Viquerat about his recent publication Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods.
References:
Branch, T. A., & Butterworth, D. S. (2001). Estimates of abundance south of 60°S for cetacean species sighted frequently on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3(3), 251-270.
Viquerat, S., & Herr, H. (2017). Mid-summer abundance estimates of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus around the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island. Endangered Species Research, 32, 515-524. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00832
Burkhardt, E., Van Opzeeland, I., Cisewski, B., Mattmüller, R., Meister, M., Schall, E., Spiesecke, S., Thomisch, K., Zwicker, S., & Boebel, O. (2021). Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), 201142-201142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201142
Herr, H., Hickmott, L., Viquerat, S., & Panigada, S. (2022). First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island. Royal Society Open Science, 9(9), 0-7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220721
In this week's episode Erica chatted with biologist Josephine Schulze about her recent publication, Humpback whale song revolutions continue to spread from the central into the eastern South Pacific.
In this week's propside Erica, Madi, and Liam discuss Madi's recent trip to French Polynesia among other things.
Sources
https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2007/330/m330p257.pdf
http://seaturtle.org/library/GannierA_2004_AquatMamm.pdf
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Mari Smultea about her recent publication Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) mother-calf pair behavioral response to vessel in the Southern California Bight. Aquatic Mammals.
Resources:
Smuleta Sciences
Mother Calf Whale Nursing and Other Behavior
Sperm Whale Ramming a Vessel in the Pacific
First Recordings of Humpback Whale Sounds, Hawaii
First Video of Wild Beluga Socio-sexual Behavior in Cook Inlet, AK
In this week's episode Madi, Liam, and Erica discuss genetic disorders that could impact the pigmentation of cetacean skin
Sources:
Fifty Shades of Gray: The First Leucistic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Sighting off the Cedar Keys, Florida, Gulf of Mexico
Salmon and Mola hats? Could this possibly be a trend for whales? Madi, Liam and Erica dive into potential orca trends in porpsiode!
This week Erica chatted with Italian researcher Giovanni Bearzi at Dolphin Biology and Conservation, Italy about his recent publication Marine mammals foraging around fishing gear or preying upon fishing catch and bait: it may not be “depredation”. They discuss the true meaning of the word "depredation" and how it has been used in a scientific context.
Resources:
Marine biology on a violated planet: from science to conscience
This week Erica chatted with Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina Erin Meyer-Gutbrod about her recent publication Redefining North Atlantic right whale habitat-use patterns under climate change.
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with William Carome, researcher at the New Zeland Whale and Dolphin Trust about his recent publication A long-term shift in the summer distribution of Hector’sdolphins is correlated with an increase in cruise ship tourism.
Sources:
New Zeland Whale and Dolphin Trust: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
In this episode Erica, Liam and Madi discuss what credible science looks like and how to find legit sources for information.
Resources:
Science Council
What Makes Science Science (NPR)
Live Science
Understanding Science UC Berkley
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Erin Falcone, Biologist at Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research about her most recent publication Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System.
This week Erica chatted with Katie Kowarski Research Scientist at JASCO Applied Sciences about the last chapter of her thesis: Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds. Katie shares her unexpected findings on humpback whale acoustics is the North Atlantic population.
In this week's episode, we introduced Madison Basford our new porpisode cohost. Erica and Madi had an authentic and vulnerable conversation about overcoming the trials and tribulations of life and the importance of being healthy in order to have a positive impact on the world.
WARNING: This episode contains sensitive topics including but not limited to trauma, cults, abuse, sexual assault, suicide, and religious trauma
Resources: Brene Brown Consent Tea Jumping Spiders Living with Secrets Podcast Suicide Prevention The Power of Vulnerability (Brene Brown) Trevor Project (LBGT)
This week Erica chatted with Joey Stagnaro a, Santa Cruz local who has been working on the Monterey Bay fishing and whale watching since he was 6 years old. Joey shares a bit of his life story and the changes he has seen though out his time on the bay.
In our final porpisode with Kendra, we finish the last four chapters of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton. We highly recommend this book to anyone interested in whales or a story about perseverance.
Warning: For some reason, we started talking about explicit around minute 28, so if you don't want to hear that, stop lis tening then.
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Nicole Danaher-Garcia researcher from the Dolphin Communication Project about her recent publication, The partial merger of two dolphin societies. The merging of social groups is rarely seen in terrestrial animals, making this finding rather remarkable and furthering our insight into the complex world of social creatures.
This week Erica sits down with researcher Deborah Vicari to discuss her recent publication regarding the discovery of hybridization between belugas and narwhals using geometric morphometrics on museum specimens. Deborah and her colleagues were able to determine Narlugas do exists by studying their skulls.
Source:
Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids
This week Liam and Erica talked about the progress in regard to an oil spill as a result of the vessel sinking with 2,600 gallons of off fuel near SJI. They also discussed chapters 17-19 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton.
Note: We uploaded the wrong episode last week, whoops :)
This week Erica interviewed Scott Veirs founder of Beam Reach and co-founder of the Orcasound.net initiative about his new citizen science program, allowing more people to access acoustic data from the Salish Sea.
This week Liam, Kendra, and Erica discussed topics related to Chapters 14-16 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton including sustainability and evolving perspectives
In this weeks episode Kendra, Liam and Erica dove into chapter 11, 12, and 13 of Alexandra Mortons Listening to Whales.
In this week's episode Liam, Kendra, and Erica dove into chapters 5 & 6 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton. They also covered recent SRKW news regarding the Biden administration weighing in breaching the Lower Snake River dams, a new K pod calf, and the recent declaration of vulnerability in 13 individual Southern Residents.
More Sources:
https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/about/regulations/filings/2022/WSR%2022-14-068.pdf
This week Erica sat down with Dennis Fukushima, lead biologist at the Octopus Farm about their approach to octopus conservation and the state of octopus in Hawaii. He also shares his thoughts on how we can be better stewards of conservation.
This week Erica chatted with Donna Sandstrom, Founder/Executive Director of the Whale Trail and member of the Orca Task Force about her work and thoughts on how to help the Southern Residents.
About The Whale Trail:
Where the Whales Are: Discovering Marine Mammals from Shore Along the Pacific Coast(Washington Post 2020)
Humans are so loud marine safaris might soon be on land (Daily Beast 2021)
About Southern Resident Orca Recovery:
Nearby Vessels Interrupt Feeding of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Especially Females (Holt et al 2021)
Columbia Basin salmon, Snake River dams and Southern Resident Orcas (NOAA Fisheries 2020)
Southern Resident Killer Whales and Snake River Dams (NOAA Fisheries 2016)
Southern Resident Orca Task Force Final Report and Recommendations (2019)
Southern Resident Orca Recovery - Washington State Website
Give them Space! voluntary pledge campaign for boaters to stay 1,000 yard/meters away from SRKW.
My book about Springer!
Orca Rescue! The true story of an orphaned orca named Springer (Kids Can Press 2021)
This week Erica chatted with Orca Researcher Anaïs Remili about her recent publication, Validation of quantitative fatty acid signature analysis for estimating the diet composition of free‑ranging killer whales. She dove into a new methodology studying whale diets called QFASA, and also discussed her organization Whale Scientists, which aims to highlight young cetacean scientists and help aspiring whale scientists find resources.
Resources:
Anaïs Remili's Website and Twitter
Whale Scientists Website, Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok
Episode 92. Barataria Dolphins, Imposter Syndrome, and Whale Scientist (Episode with her partner Naiomi Mathews)
This week naturalist and local feral man of Alaska, Dale Frink to talk about the time he got thrown into the water by a blue whale. Dale has requested to raise money for the Ocean Defenders Alliance click the link to donate!
Youtube Video
Photos
Kendra, Liam, and Erica discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Listening to Whales by Alexandria Morton.
Sources:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/new-state-federal-report-puts-10-27-billion-price-tag-on-lower-snake-river-dam-removal/
This week Erica chatted with Hannah Overbeak and Tay Shoemaker from Project Polywog about their impact-driven business model. They shared the plight of two endangered frogs as well as insight on how they are helping these species both through a frog rescue and frog breeding programs.
This week Erica celebrated our 100th episode and pride month with a special two-part episode. In the first part, she chatted with Kendra Nelson about homosexuwhality in the animal kingdom, as well as their personal experiences being part of the LBGTQ community. For the second part, she chatted with musician and og homie Ambur Wilkerson to write "Baleen" a whale rendition of the iconic Dolly Partons song Joleen.
This we Erica chatted with Owen Begley-Collier and Lucy Larkin from the Snake River Savers about their upcoming protest in Seattle to remove the Lower Snake River Dams
Snake river savers social media sites:
https://instagram.com/snakeriversavers?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
https://www.facebook.com/snakeriversavers/
https://twitter.com/riversavers?s=21&t=OkJuFQGKoTa5Mc-7NBltag
Washington resident and can’t make the rally? Take action:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-governor-inslee-and-washingtons-senators-to-save-the-southern-resident-orcas
Other states take action:
https://saveourwildsalmon.salsalabs.org/bidenadminalert2022/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=6e82a205-3042-4886-b977-c84517bc45f6
In this weeks porpisode Erica, Liam and Kendra dive into the first two chapters of listening to whales by Alexandria Morton.
This week Erica chatted Alex Haraus, an impact producer focused on saving our natural world. Alex talks about how he has used TikTok as a vessel for conserving wild places and shares some of his life experiences and philosophies.
This week Erica chatted with Mumbai researcher and PhD Candidate Ketki Jog about her recent publication Marine Mammal Interactions With Fisheries: Review of Research and Management Trends Across Commercial and Small-Scale Fisheries.Ketki discussed her research and how she used the help of local fishers to collect data. She also shared her insight on how we can be better scientists and stewards of the environment by working together and staying humble.
This week Erica chatted with one of her favorite humans Madison Bashford about her novel research tagging and studying market squid at the John Hopkins Marine station during her undergraduate career at California State Monterey Bay. They also have a very real discussion about the role of mental wellness in their personal and professional journeys, as well as larger environmental issues.
In this week's episode, Erica chats with Ally Rice researcher at Scripps Whale Acoustic Laboratory about her most recent publication Update on frequency decline of Northeast Pacific blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) calls. Ally discusses her study and drives into the unexplainable conundrum behind this phenomena and shares current theories for why this may be happening. Erica and Ally also touch on noise pollution and Ally shares advice on how to better care for our environment.
WARNING: This episode features explicit content and language that may be offensive to some viewers and inappropriate for children. The following episode is intended for a mature audience.
This week Erica interviewed marine naturalist and feral Alaskan Dale Frink about his personal life, feelings, and whales. Dale sheds much insight on what it means to be feral and have worms. Hope you enjoy this epsiode.
Kendra, Liam, and Erica finished up Being Salmon Being Human by Martine Lee Mueller, they discuss our role in major climate issues, our geostory, and accountability in regard to these issues.
This week Erica chatted with PhD student and co-founder of Whale Scientists, Naomi Mathews about science communication, imposter syndrome, and the vulnerable Barataria Dolphins.
Erica, Kendra, and Liam dive into chapters 11 & 12 of Being Salmon Being Human by Martin Lee Mueller. They discuss the role of capitalism in environmental issues as well as how scientific exploration can occasionally lead to unintended exploitation. Tune in in two weeks for the final porpisode of this series.
This week Erica chatted with Senior Research Scientist, Jason Hodin from the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs about his work studying the metamorphosis of Sunflower Sea Stars. They also dove into the ecological importance of Sunflower, the idea of ecosystem Jenga, and the mystery of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome.
Resources:
On Kelp Forest Declines
The Nature Conservancy of California (partner in the captive breeding program) page on "Transforming Ocean Conservation in California"
Stars for the Sea: our online funding campaign through UW! If your listeners might be inclined to donate or to share this link with others, all money goes straight into our captive breeding program and is handled by the official UW donation process (is tax-deductible, etc)
Sea Star Wasting Syndrome | MARINe
We are excited to be expanding the podcast to cover topics and species found throughout the Southern Resident Killer Whale Habitat. We kicked off this new project chatting with Briana Abrahms, Researcher and Assistant Professor at the University of Washington to discuss her article “Human-wildlife conflict under climate change” as well as some of her Blue Whale research. We hope you enjoy our new episodes, if there are topics you are interested in learning about send us a DM and we will try to cover them!
Resources:
Whale Sense
Abrams Lab
Climate change to fuel increase in human-wildlife conflict, UW biologist says
Kendra and Erica dive into Chapters 10 & 11 of Being Salmon Being Human; Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild by Martin Lee Mueller. Much of their conversation focuses on colonialism. Disclaimer, we are two white women having this conversation. We highly urge people who want to learn more about the impacts of colonialism on the environment to seek information from or endorsed by indigenous people.
Liam, Erica, and Kendra dive into chapters 7 & 8 of “Being Salmon, Being Human” by Martin Lee Mueller. They discuss the role that anthropomorphizing wildlife plays in science and human connection. They also discuss if it is possible to truly see things objectively.
Kendra Nelson, Fred DeNisco, and Erica discuss the Royal Musem Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibit.
In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Researcher Cathrine Lo from Oceans Initiative about her recent study titled, Measuring speed of vessels operating around endangered southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Salish Sea critical habitat.
Episode Mentions: Orca Conservancy Delphinus Orcastra Youtube & Etsy (Use code:BREACHINGEXTINCTION for $2 off)
Harry Potter, Jesus, and Erica discuss Chapters 5 & 6 of Being Salmon Being Human. They dive into philosophies about humans and their relationship with nature.
Liam, Kendra, Erica and Shelby in spirit dive into chapters 3 & 4 of Being Salmon, Being Human.
Erica sat down with Tori Obermeyer, Nicholas Castle, and Andrew Luba from the Coextinction film crew to talk with them about their new film and dive into the lessons learned along the way.
Kendra Nelson joins Liam and Erica to dive into the book Being Salmon Being Human by Martin Lee Mueller
This week Erica chatted with Owen one of the youth leaders at Snake River Savers as well as Shiva Rajbhandari, another youth leader from Idaho about their current efforts to push for the removal of the Lower Snake River Dams
Links:
Week of Action Description
RSVP
This week Erica chatted with Kendra Neslon and Orca Man, Fred Dinesco about shark eating killer whales and briefly discussed the current ecotourism situation in Norway.
Resources:
Orcas eat great white sharks—new insights into rare behavior revealed (Nat Geo)
Killer Whales 'Ripped Open' Great White Sharks, Ate Liver, Heart and Testes, Autopsy Reveals (Newsweek)
Shark predation and tooth wear in a population of northeastern Pacific killer whales
THE LIVES OF HAWAI‘I’S DOLPHINS AND WHALES
Episode with Emma Luck about ecotourism in Norway
This week, we had our final week with Shelby :( we talked about the last two chapters of Endangered Orcas by Monica Wieland Shields. Major thank you to Shelby for all of her contributions and wishing her the best of luck in the future!
This week Erica chatted with Tim Harrison, founder of Outreach for Animals about his work trying to eliminate the exotic pet trade. While this is not directly related to the Southern Resident, there are many themes that are parallel in their conservation story. Tim has been featured in two films, The Elephant in the Living Room which is out now, and The Conservation Game which is premiering at various film festivals. He recently wrote a book White Magic going more in-depth about these issues and exploring the world of White Tigers in the United States.
In this week's propisode Shelby and Erica continue with the book review of Endangered Orcas by Monika Wieland Shields.
(Chapters 9 & 10)
In this week's episode, Erica chats with Deborah Giles and Colleen Wieler about the expansion of protected areas for Southern Resident habitat and new renewable energies that may be placed in those areas.
Sources:
Washington governor, senator want answers on how to replace benefits of Lower Snake River dams
Southern resident killer whales encounter higher prey densities than northern resident killer whales during summer
In this week's porpisode Erica, Shelby and Liam discuss chapters 7 & 8 of Endangered Orcas by Monika Wieland Sheilds and their thoughts on orca politics.
In this week's episode, Erica chats with Marie Souhaut about her master's thesis titled, Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales. In her research, she was able to find new sounds produced by the Southern Residents. We discuss how she conducted the study and the implications of her research.
Note: The noise used when talking about abherant may not definitively be an abherant sound, these are hard to classify. Just wanted to demonstrate some of the different types of calls the orcas can make.
Thanks, Orca Behavior Institute for allowing Marie to share these sounds with us!
BEWOW BEWOW BEWOW, in this weeks episode Erica ranks killer whale ecotypes with Kendra Nelson and Orca Man (Fred Denesco) they also discuss whale names and classifications.
Sources Referenced:
Killer whale ecotypes: is there a global model?
WDC Ecotypes Page
NOAA Images
Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Propoises of the World by Mark Carwardine
This week Erica is joined by Gloria Pancrazi producer of the Co-Extinction film to discuss the role of burnout in conservation work and the importance of self-care.
This week Erica chatted with Emma Luck, also know as the Northern Naturalist to discuss her undergraduate piolt research project studying the ecotourism around Orcas in Norway. They also discuss Emma's current role in marine science and what she is doing to contribute to science.
This week Erica is joined by Chief Scientist of the Orca Conservancy Dr. David Bain to discuss OC's Southern Resident conservation initiatives, including their new hydrophone project with Microsoft. David shares his thoughts on how to better help the Southern Residents through policy, science, and community collaboration. Please consider donating to the Orca Conservancy to help fund the hydrophone project!
Note: This episode was recorded before K21 Cappuccino was presumed dead.
Shelby, Liam and Erica review Monika Wieland Shields book Endangered Orca, discuss life updates and vegetables.
Erica sits down with Kendra Nelson and Orca Man (Fred Dinesco) to decide which species is #TheBestWhale
In this episode, Erica chats with Dr. Marla Holt Research Wildlife Biologist for the Marine Mammal Ecology Team at NOAA. Marla's current research focuses on marine mammal acoustics including the effects of noise on the acoustic signals and behavior of Southern Resident killer whales, their use of sound during different activity states, and the cost of sound production in odontocetes.
Correction:
There are now currently 74 SRKW's at the time of recording there were 75
We are sad to start Season 3 out on such a sad note. Unfortunately, K21 (Cappuccino) has died leaving the population of Southern Residents with only 74 individuals.
Ending the season with a collaboration with the Intertidal Talks, Ocean Lovers, Cup of Hope and Orca Man Podcast so celebrate orca month and the end of Season 2!
Special Orca Month episode with Dr. Deborah Giles from Wild Orca discussing what we can do to help the SRKW's!
This week Erica chats with Howard Garret, sociologist from Orca network about how he came to foud Orca Month. Check out Orca Months Website for more info!
https://www.orcamonth.com/events-1
Shelby, Liam, and Erica discuss the impact of Sonor will impact the SRKW's and how current testing plans will impact them.
Sources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-military-sonar-kill/#:~:text=While%20little%20is%20known%20about,from%20the%20sounds%20of%20sonar
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00295/full
https://www.nature.com/news/2008/080801/full/news.2008.997.html
https://www.orcanetwork.org/news/shoup.html
https://www.orcanetwork.org/news/shoup.html#cwrsonar
This week Erica chatted with Orca Man (Fred Dinesco) about the concept of Orca Man, connecting people to killer whales and the captivity era.
This week Erica chatted with Moss Landing Marine Labs masters student Jack Barkowski about his research studying the anthropogenic impacts of sound throughout the ocean as well his thoughts on issues surrounding the Southern Residents and how we can use personal accountability and science communication to help them.
Jack has graciously offered to answer any lingering questions, to talk to contact him send an email to jbarkowski@mlml.calstate.edu
This week Erica chatted with entrepreneur and high school student Oliva Perez about her new initiative to help the Southern Residents. Oliva shows us how we can all get creative to spread positivity and help the Orcas.
In this week's episode, Erica sits down with Howard Garret and Brian Jenkins to discuss Biden's infrastructure bill, the It's About Dam Time campaign, and the Red Road to DC Initiative. Howard is a sociologist and one of the founders of Orca Network, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about the whales of the Pacific Northwest, and the importance of providing them healthy and safe habitats. Brian the founder of Blackfin coffee and SRKW activist. We urge everyone to continue to write our senators!
Sources:
It's About Dam Time Infographics
It's About Dam Time Video
Red Road to DC
Seattle Times: Lummi Nation carvers and allies to embark on national tour to D.C., give totem pole to President Biden
Howards first Breaching Extinction Epsiode
Brian's first Breaching Extinction Episode
In this week's Porpisode Shelby, Liam, and Erica urge listeners to continue to participate in the It's About Dam Time campaign and discuss a new initiative Red Road to DC urging Biden to remove the Lower Snake River Dams and honor agreements with indigenous people.
Sources:
It's About Dam Time Infographics
It's About Dam Time Video
Red Road to DC
Seattle Times: Lummi Nation carvers and allies to embark on national tour to D.C., give totem pole to President Biden
This week Erica chatted Owen Begley-Collier one of the founders of Snake River Savers, an organization that works to help members of the public voice their concerns about the Southern Residents with government officials.
This week we had a very special porpisode with Brian Skerry, a National Geographic photojournalist about his latest project, Secrets of the Whales. He discusses the development of his project, experiences in the field, and shares advice on conserving our world's oceans. Check out the film on Disney Plus this Earth Day!
It’s time to breach the Snake River dams, for endangered orcas and salmon, climate action, and social justice. And Biden’s Infrastructure Plan is the way to do it. Brian Jenkins from Blackfin Coffee and Gloria Pancrazi from the Coextinction film & PNW Protectors chatted with Erica about the new Infrastructure Plan and how we can use it to help the Southern Residents.
Call to action:
Call and write to Senator Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell!
Here are some bullet points of what to include in your call or letter:
⁃ Biden's infrastructure Bill needs to include breaching the Snake River dams this year.
⁃ This can be done by supporting and funding Mike Simpson’s plan to remove the four lower Snake River dams, but Simpson’s plan needs to be revised to breach this year.
⁃ This is key to saving endangered chinook salmon and southern resident orcas.
⁃ Breaching the Snake River dams will create 4000-8000 long-term jobs per year.
⁃ It is also an important step toward climate action and social justice.
WA. Senator Cantwell
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 228-0541
Address: 915 Second Ave., Suite 3206
Seattle, WA 98174
WA Senator Murray
Phone: (425) 259-6515
Fax: (509) 624-9561
Address: 2988 Jackson Federal Building
915 2nd Ave.
Seattle, Washington 98174
itsaboutdamtime
This week Erica chatted with Kelly Biedenweg professor at Oregon State University in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife about her publication Mixed emotions associated with orca (Orcinus orca) conservation strategies. Kelly is an interdisciplinary social scientist who evaluates conservation through the lens of psychology, anthropology, sociology, geography, political science, and other disciplines. Her study provide important insight on the role of emotions in Orca conservation.
This week Erica chatted with Lynn Barre Southern Resident Recovery Coordinator at NOAA about current efforts in place to help the SRKW's. She talks about the role of science, NOAA, and how we can help as individuals.
Liam, Shelby, and Erica discuss the importance of sea stars in the Salish and sea star wasting disease.
Video of sea star eating urchin (Disclaimer: please review wildlife viewing guidelines in your area when handling wildlife)
In this weeks episode Erica chatted with Alexandra Morton about her work conserving salmon populations. She shares her experiences with the Northern Resident Killer Whales as well as her insights on what we can do to conserve salmon along the west coast of Canada and the United States.
In this weeks episode Erica chats with Brad Hanson wildlife biologist at NOAA about his most recent publication Endangered predators and endangered prey: Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales. They also discuss his thoughts on science and orca recovery.
This week we did a special Q & A episode. If you guys like these send us more questions and we'll be happy todo another. We also launched our new campaign "How I Kelp" to share all the amazing things people in our community are doing. Please send us a video via Instagram (@breachingextinction) story post or email at media@breachingextinction.com. No matter how big or how small your effort is we want to see what everyone is doing to kelp! Don't forget to tag us and hashtag "How I Kelp"
Video Requests:
-Anything you are doing to help the southern residents (get creative)
-Tell us wear you are from and how you efforts impact the SRKW's
-We prefer you film in landscape
-Tag us and hashtag "How I Kelp"
We will be sending a free Breaching Extinction T-Shirt to the person or group with the best video!
Liam, Shelby and Erica share recent southern resident news. Please send us any questions you have. We will be doing a Q & A episode this Friday!
Sources:
Endangered predators and endangered prey: Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales
CWR Whale Report
In this weeks episode Erica chats with Jim Whitehead, new up and coming SRKW podcasters about his experience as an activist, thoughts on the emotional value of whale, and his new podcast Seaquarium's Shame. We want to give Jim a warm whalecome to the podcast community and fish him the best!
In this weeks episode Erica chats with Erik Neatherlan about salmon recovery efforts in Washington. He shares information about the history of salmon and its importance though out the Pacific North West.
Correction: There are 14 species listed on the ESA in Washington
Sources:
https://rco.wa.gov/salmon-recovery/
His week Erica chatted with PNW Protectors new biologist Kendra Nelson about marine toxins an their impact on the Southern Residents. Kendra shares her knowledge and her experiences working as an influencer and biologist thus far. Follow her on tiktok and instagram @intertidalkendy
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EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF MALE VERTEBRATE WILDLIFE - MALES UNDER THREAT
Southern Resident Killer Whales
Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals
This was by far one of the most difficult episodes I have yet to record. Controversy around new whale watching regulations in Washington inspired investigation, leading to some disheartening discoveries. I discussed these findings with regular guest Gloria Pancrazi in this week's episode. She reminds us all to continue to use the Orca and truth as our compass.
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Whale of the Week: L-25
References will be posted on our website in the learn more section, will update here once it is live!
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In this episode Erica is joined by Megan Hockin Bennett, decade long volunteer at Orcalab. She talks about what make this institution unique, some of the most current threats Northern Residents and how this year has been different in light of covid.
Our Propisode's are back!! New host Liam Docet & Shelby Nielson join Erica to discuss the latest Southern Resident news, fisheries regulations in BC, and the most recent study looking at the impacts of vessel noise.
Sources: https://youtu.be/tQ0JPLyYoJk NPR Article on Rice's Whale Rice's Whale Study Cavitation Effects of Vessel Distance and Sex on the Behavior of Endangered Killer Whales Artifishal Documentary Let’s Talk Science (a charitable organization that promotes Canadian youth in STEM) Whale and Dolphin Conservation (global charity) Atlas of the Future Our Sound, Our Salmon (A campaign by the Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest) A few CBC news articles:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberal-promise-open-pen-salmon-farms-bc-canada-1.5303565 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/washington-state-fish-farms-salmon-farming-1.4560888 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-open-net-salmon-farms-on-the-way-out-but-replacement-systems-may-differ-by-region-1.5799521
This week, Erica chatted with Breaching Extinction's Cultural Resources Intern Jake Rider about his current research project with Eckerd College evaluating the impacts of capitalism and culture on our views of Orcas. They discuss in depth the impact of capitalism on commodification and public view of killer whales.
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Scholarly Articles:
Cultural Staples in Crisis: A Historical Analysis of Southern Resident Orcas and Chinook Salmon /By, Dylan Farrell Seidler
Books:
A Puget Sound Orca in Captivity The Fight to Bring Lolita Home /By, Sandra Pollard
Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples /By Dennis et al.
Films:
Lolita: Slave to Entertainment /By Tim Gorski
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In this weeks episode Erica chats with naturalist, captain and fisherman Cole Basar about his career, fishing culture, how to be the best hypocrite and whale dreams. This episode is not recommended with minors or those who do not appreciate humor. While they do discuss serious topics, there are some jokes that may not be whale received by all audiences.
Links for info discussed:
Vermillion Institute
Update: This episode was reposted at 9:52 am
In this weeks episode Erica chats with Shelby Nielson, PhD student studying epidemiology about a study evaluating the impact of vessel traffic on foraging behavior of the SRKW's. They discuss this study, new regulations in Washington and the recent siting of what was thought to be a long lost Norther Resident Killer Whale. See link's below for more information! Studies: Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behavior of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca Effects of Vessel Distance and Sex on the Behavior of Endangered Killer Whales Credible Scientific Institutions: Center for Whale Research, Wild Orca, & Whale Museum UPDATE: received some new information, excited to review in the coming weeks. DM or email if you have other studies you would like to discuss
In this episode Erica chats with Liam Doucet, activist and high school student from Portland, Oregon about the history of the Lower Snake River Dams as well as their current function. They expand the conversation, exploring the spiritual connection between orca and humans.
Kicking off Season 2 with our new sponsors at Blackfin Coffee, Brain & Nicole Jenkins. They tell us about the company, their values and what they are help the Southern Residents. Use promo code "BreachExtinction20" for 20% your first order!
Ending our first season with none other than Ellie Sawyer. We reflect on the last season, discuss the most current politics surrounding the SRKW's, and of course harbor seals. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this, looking forward to the start of a new season!
This week we had the honor of interviewing Tori Obermeyer, coproducer of the film Coextinction about her journey in the field, up coming film, Dolly Parton & events with the Southern Resident.
In this weeks Erica dives into more facets of intersectionality within the environmental field in a discussion with Erica Page, co-host of the Ocean Lovers Podcast. The Erica's talk about challenges women face in the field, personal experiences and suggest tips for creating an inclusive work environment.
This week we took a little break from our usual discussion about the Southern Residents and intersectional environmentalism to talk to Erica Page & Kirstie Bashford from the Ocean Lovers Podcast about their recent trips out on the ocean, fun fact, internet friends & more.
Gloria Pancrazi comes back on for a special episode to share her experience volunteering at Orca Lab & thoughts anthropogenic contributions to Orca conservation. Her and Erica chat about the role of ego & emotions in conservation, and ways ensure these factors have a positive impact while directly supporting our goals. This episode is another reminder, that it is the humans who need managing not the whales.
In this weeks very exciting episode, Ellie Sawyer shares her experience being on scene at the most recent super pod event where J57 was discovered. They discuss the birth of the new baby, excitement in the Salish Sea, and as always encourage everyone to continue pushing dam removal. Erica also share the story of the time she met Ronnie Vannucci Jr, drummer from The Killers. Peace, love, whales <3
In this episode Ellie chats with founder of Orca Behavior Institute and author of Endangered Orca, Monika Wieland Shields. They discuss Monikas path studying whales, things she has learned over the years and what they think needs to be done on preserve the Southern Residents.
In the weeks episode, former porpisode co-host Ellie Sawyer joins us to update us on news in the Salish Sea and shares her experience seeing the Southern Residents.
Hereditary Chief Gigame of the Laichkwiltach Nation, George Quocksister Jr shares his knowledge and experience in regard to Canadian fisheries. He highlights the work that needs to be done on both sides of the U.S Canadian Boarder
The episode featured David Merner, leadership candidate for the Canadian Green Party. He shares his experience working with the Canadian Orca Rescue society as well the connections he sees between environmental and social issues.
In this weeks episode, Erica chats with one of her best friends Madi Franklin about the stellar whale website http://Whalesarebomdiggity.shutterfly.com circa 2009. Madi shares her fear of dolphins and other life experiences. The world is heavy right now, so we hope you enjoy this light hearted giggly episode.
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In this episode, environmental philosopher from the University of North Texas, Brittany Jandick talks about her mastersthesisevaluating how capitalism and anthropocentrism have lead to SRKW endangerment.
Jim Waddell, founder of Damsense share how his experience working for the US Army Corps of Engineers lead him to push for dam removal. He reminds us that we can save Orca, Salmon & Money if we remove the dams this year (2020). He reminds us to ask Senators Jay Inslee, Pat Murray, Maria Cantwell & other local politicians to push for dam removal.
In this episode, Jordan Van Voast activists working with the Seattle Cruise Controlto prevent more cruise ships from entering Southern Resident Orca habitat. He shares his thoughts on how we culturally value the environment and encourages listens to stay truly connected.
This this weeks episode, Erica chats with Bonny Glambeck, life long activist and founder of Clayoquot Action. She discusses her work with the foundation as well as tip for cultivating healthy and successful activism culture.
Recommended Links:
Salmon People
Beautiful Trouble
This episode to the late Micheal Soulé, father of conservation biology who passed June 17, 2020. His efforts and innovations in the field will continue to drive us toward protecting our precious planet. In this weeks episode we are celebrating Orca Awareness with Deborah Giles, Orca Biologist and founder of Wild Orca by discussing the three main threats impacting the Southern Residents. Giles reminds us there is still hope for the Southern Residents if we act now, please visit her website to find out how to get involved and take action!
Mentioned in the episode:
Center for Conservation Biology
In this episode Erica talks with Florida State University graduate Lindsay Hooper, about her masters thesis evaluating compliance levels of ecotourism boats in relation to NOAA's viewing guidelines. They discuss the importance of science of community involvement in sustainable ecotourism.
This week Erica chatted with Fana Scott & Alexandria Gordon students at Eckerd College and members of the EC Afro-American Society. They shared their thoughts on combating racial issues in the environmental field and provided insight for cultivating inclusivisity.
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Learn more about John Francis here!
In this final part of the Cultivating Connection through Creativity Erica talks to the fintastic Nyk Lifson about their coloring book the Fluidity of Fish. They divulge into other topics like the intersectionality of queer issues, race, economics, and environmentalism and discover they are both gay for the ocean.
This is part 2 of our 3 part short series exploring this importance of creative expression in conservation. This week Erica chatted with Michelle Fleur , conservation artist based in western Australia about the importance of using art as a bridge to connect everyone to wildlife. She discusses her two projects, Whales for a Wild World and 200 Whales which directly support cetacean conservation efforts.
This is Part 1 of a 3 part series, showcasing the the bridge between people and science through art. In this episode, Erica chats with Rosmary Connelli of Connllie Designs about her work as a conservation artist, the importance of art, and its roll in accessible science based education.
In this week’s episode we interview Joe Gaydos, science director of The Sea Doc Society. Joe is a veterinarian by training, he now works better understand and connect to the environment through science and community connection. He shared the importance of connecting the community to the environment and discusses some of the challenges faced when working to preserve ocean habitat. Reminding us that while challenging, these endeavors achievable and worth it.
In this episode, Erica chats with Alexandra Johnston one of the executive producers of the film Searching for Chinook. She shares what inspired her to produce the film, and how she hopes to impact the fate of the Southern Residents.
In this episode Erica chats with Erica Page and Kristie Basford hosts of The Ocean Lovers podcast. If you are interested in learning more about the ocean in general check out their podcast for a variety of interesting topics! (There were some technical issues so please excuse to not so perfect audio compiling <3 )
In this episode Erica explores ideas about cetacean brains, the whale sanctuary project and the relationship between science and advocacy with Neurobiologist Lori Marino. Lori is the President of The Whale Sanctuary Project and Executive Director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy. She has spent over two decades to dedicated to understanding the behavior of cetaceans in captivity through research, which she has used as a platform for Animal Advocacy.
In this episode, Erica interviews Snow McCormick and Cy Scammell co-founders of PNW Protectors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the Salish Sea and its inhabitants through education, science and empowerment. They share the inspiring story of how the got involved working to conserve and the magic that has come out of being connected to this community. They elaborate on their mission, current projects and thoughts on how best to save the SRKW's.
This week Erica checked back in with Gloria Pancrazi, who we interviewed in episode 20 prior to the initial March for the Dams too, discuss what she learned and her thoughts on how best to proceed going forward.
This week Emily Castro and Lara Kosinski fill in for Ellie to discuss river dolphins and menopause.
In this episode Erica interviews Heather Green, an author and intuitive healer about the spiritual elements of conservation, and human-animal relationships. Heather earned a bachelors degree in Nursing from Clarke College and went onto pursue a masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She spent thirteen years working as a registered nurse and several years as a counselor before transitioning into her current role. She elaborates on why spirituality plays an important role in conservation and what she thinks we can learn from the whales. (Correction: Erica meant to say Noah's Arc not Joan of Arc)
In this episode Erica interviews Orca Network Co-Founder & Director, Howard Garrett about his life's work understanding and conserving the Southern Resident Killer Whales. He shares thoughts and experiences which have led him to dedicate his time working to connect people to the whales, and return Tokitae (Lolita) back to her family.
Erica explores the world of parasite ecology with marine mammal researcher Natalie Mastick. They discuss her current project assessing parasite prevalence in killer whales, her partnership with Oceans Initiative, & work with the Women in Marine Mammal Science project. She encourages those of you feeling inspired to contribute to marine mammal science to donate to Oceans Initiative. CORRECTION: There has been a mix of increasing and decreasing parasites in the Puget Sound
Ellie talks to Kas Guillozet about her passions, her work with the up and coming nonprofit Promise the Pod, and the importance of water as our greatest asset.
This week, Ellie and Erica chat about the march for the dams, news sources and beaked whales.
In this episode Erica interviews Gloria Pancrazi, co-founder of the Coextinction film and organizer for the March for the Dams. This discuss the importance of taking action and unpack Glorias motivation behind the movement. We are again reminded that this is a group project and urge people to join the movement!
This week Ellie and Erica answer a pod members question about killer whales in captivity, they also continue to urge everyone to march for the dams and take action!
In this episode Erica interviews Biola University Communication graduate Emily Castro about effective communication skills when sharing science and navigating social media while (orca)hestrating dissemination of accurate information.
This week Ellie and Erica debrief the previous episode, encourage people to march for the dams, & explore weird things that whales do.
In this episode, Adelaidee Fouache's masters student from the Swedish University of Agriculture studying Environmental Communications and Management interviews Erica for her thesis evaluating the human side of SRKW conservation, giving listeners the unique opportunity to experience part of the scientific process.
In this weeks porpisode Erica and Ellie examine the importance of sexual dimorphism, discover that pineapples are not citrus fruit & explore the possibility of whales hiccups. Also, Erica's roommate Lara reminds everyone of legal age to vote!
Despite the title of this episode, we are actually focused on discussing gray whales. Additionally, Ellie and Erica answer a listeners question about motivation. Recent SRKW news was also a prominent part of the conversation. You will dolphinatley enjoy it🐬
Grandma Ellie and Erica are up to their normal shenanigans except now its long distance :( they discuss ditches, favorite animals and the bush fires in Australia.
Ellie interviews filmmakers Michael Peterson and Steven Hawley, the director and writer of the acclaimed documentary, Dammed to Extinction in this week’s episode. They discuss the politics surrounding the dams, the frustrations of process, and the hope they still have for an ecosystem on the brink.
In this porpisode Erica and Ellie discuss narwhals, frog skin, and conflicts between culture and conservation.
In this episode we interviewed wild life photographers and educators Gary Sutton and Tasli Shaw discussed their role in conservation through photography, education and art. They share their thoughts on the whale watch industry, environmental stressors impacting the souther residents as well as personal experiences.
This week Ellie, Anna & Erica discuss the role of culture and gender within the scientific community. They discover that marine biologist are just the 'horse girls' of the ocean and Ellie suggests some rather radical ideas for new conservation efforts.
In this episode, we interview leading researcher in marine mammal protection areas, Erich Hoyt. Erich has written several books including Orca: the whale called killer & Creatures of the deep. He has helped develop the International Committee of Marine Mammal Protected Areas and the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force. He shares his experiences and findings and thoughts on what makes marine mammal protection areas successful.
Erica and Ellie get extra spicy recording on the eve of Friday the 13th under a full moon. They mostly discuss lemons and the grandmother effect among other whaley important topics.
This week we interviewed Barry Swanson author of the book Lost Frequency and founder of the Salish Sea Orca Squad. He discusses the inspiration behind writing his book and starting his non-profit, shares personal experiences with the southern residents and explores potential theories relating to killer whale conservation.
This week Ellie and Erica find more evidence based science facts that marine biologists are goobs, answer some riveting questions and discuss the importance of combatting culturally rooted issues with heart and community.
This week we had the opportunity to interview Dr. Frances Robertson, leader of the SRKW recovery efforts in San Juan County. She discusses her role within the country, projects she’s worked on and thoughts on how we can all contribute to helping recover the species.
This week Ellie and Erica has the pleasure of answering some riveting questions from Hailey Broker, one of Erica's childhood friends and law student at Lewis and Clark College. They discuss whale self expression, reproductive behaviors and orca longevity. No fun was had during the recording of this porpisode.
This week we had the privilege of talking to Taylor Shedd, program coordinator for Soundwatch, an organization dedicated to understanding and bettering the relationship between whales and water vessels. He dives into the history of the organization as well as its current role in the community and research findings.
Erica and Ellie talk turkeys, the possibility of killer whales holidays and Ellies family traditions.
This week we chatted with author, psychologist and founder of the Kerulos Center for Nonviolence Dr. Gay Bradshaw, who shares her experiences studying animals and what she has learned in the process. She encourages people to evaluate their perceptions of animals and remove their internal dams in an effort to conserver and understand. To learn more, check out her books Talking with Bears, Carnivore Minds and Elephants on the Edge.
In this porpisode the fourth, we bring on Anna Meyer, fellow naturalist, to discuss the humpback comeback in the Salish Sea in juxtaposition to the decline of the Southern Residents, Erica gives Ellie more grey hairs, and we dive deeper into Peaches's backstory. We also discuss the importance of empathy and interconnectedness, and what we can learn from humpback whales.
In this tenth episode, Erica and Ellie take time to check in and evaluate the goals of this podcast as well as reiterate the issues remaining with the 73 Southern Residents, emphasizing the need for accessibility, checking one’s privilege, and learning how to be empathetic.
Director of the film Blackfish Effect, Bianca Yuen talks about her film exploring the ripples of change that occurred after the release of the film Blackfish. She shares her thoughts on captivity and experience with the souther residents this past spring.
This week we tell the story of Luna, a lone SRKW and discuss our thoughts on previous episodes.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation's Rekkos Orca Fellow, Colleen Weiler discusses her role in southern resident conservation, as well as the mission of WDC. We explore the concept of the ecological whale and its role in environmental health. She encourages everyone to do their part and start somewhere!
This is the first of our shorter episodes where we will answer questions and discuss a variety of topics related to cetaceans, science, and policy! Let us know what you want to learn more about!
This episode explains what an environmental valuation is and the role it plays in politics and management. Dr. Adam Domanski, senior economist and ECONorthwest elaborates on his experience evaluating the lower snake river dams and discussed the sociopolitical implications following his study.
Award winning director and producer Josh 'Bones' Murphy, talks about his new documentary Aritifishal which focuses on the exploring the long term impact of salmon hachteries. We discuss the implications of human involvement in salmon reproduction on behavior and survivability of Salmon and SRKW's. He expresses his concern for peoples lack of faith in nature and urges removal of dams.
Exceptional whale watch boat captain and naturalist Paul Weatherford shares insight and stories accumulated after spending over a decade in the industry. Paul expresses opinions and concerns with continual changes throughout the ecosystem, industry, and political landscape influencing southern residents. With hopes that his first child due later this month, will have the privilege of seeing southern residents he urges the removal of dams and encourages people to educate themselves about environmental issues and exercise their right to vote.
Deborah Giles, killer whale research director for Wild Orca and professor the University of Washington discusses her experiences studying the southern residents and further explains complexities of the salmon crisis in the Salish Sea. Through work with Conservation Canines, she has contributed to cutting edge research challenging traditional research practices while furthering our understanding of cetaceans.
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I had the privilege of interviewing Leigh Calvez nature writer and author of the book The Breath of a Whale. We discussed her experience working with whale, how whales inspires her and what we learn from them.
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This episode features Jordan Lerma, field biologist at Cascadia Research Collective. Jordan shares his story and discusses how his innovative work is used to study whales.
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This episode features field biologist at Oceans Initiative, Sarah Colosimo. Sarah and Erica discuss the basics of souther resident killer whale population, behavior and threats as well as meaningful experiences they have had working around these animals.
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