How to Identify Individual Whales
Clip: Season 38 Episode 9 | 2m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Through a number of clues, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill is determined to find the whale
Determined to find the whale that breached on his kayak in a viral moment, Tom Mustill enlists the help of the founder of Happywhale, a citizen science database that collects thousands of whale tail photos. A humpback’s life story is written in the unique pattern of scars on its tail flukes.
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How to Identify Individual Whales
Clip: Season 38 Episode 9 | 2m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Determined to find the whale that breached on his kayak in a viral moment, Tom Mustill enlists the help of the founder of Happywhale, a citizen science database that collects thousands of whale tail photos. A humpback’s life story is written in the unique pattern of scars on its tail flukes.
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