This week the team speak to Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a self-declared ‘whale addict’ and author of 'Humpback Highway'. Vanessa talks about her initial attraction to whales at a young age, leading to an indepth study of them during her PHD. What started as a fascination for those mysterious animal she had only ever "seen or heard of in children's books" grows into a career where she has gotten to swim alongside them; and get involved with the nitty-gritty of collecting samples from their snot and exrement to better understand marine-life as a whole. The extraordinary fun - and not so fun - facts of these cetaceans are teased during her conversation, including the direct and indirect ways humans are having an insidious effect on whales, and all sea life. This can all be further explored in her most recent novel 'Humpback Highway'.
Unfortunately Josh Kirkman, CEO 'Surfers for Climate' was unable to join the team this week. We hope to have him join us soon to talk about how 'Surfers for Climate' have been honing in on the surf community, in order to try and spread awareness of the different types of human activities causing climate change.
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