[thedoc (OP)]

Bill Amos explains how DNA from whale dandruff holds the key
to unlocking their family dynamics...
Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here
or [chapter podcast=1000758 track=14.07.29/Naked_Scientists_Show_14.07.29_1002544.mp3] Listen to it now[/chapter] or [download as MP3]

[RD]

-  So, two questions then – one, how do you find the whales, and, more importantly, how do you find out their genetic code?  What do you have to do?

Alternative to dandruff : fly a model helicopter into the mucus-laden spray from a whale's blow-hole , no seriously ...


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/12/whale-check-ups-conducted-by-mini-helicopters-flying-over-blowholes/