Saturday, December 27, 2014

The Songs That Saved The Whales

In the mid-20th century, whale populations were dwindling.
 More than 50,000 whales were killed each year by commercial whalers. But then in the 1960s, a song — or rather, many songs — sparked a movement. It started with some underwater equipment that, for the first time, captured the sound of humpback whales.

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