Episode 14: The Bowhead Whale

Sage teaches Ilana about the bowhead whale, a large hard-headed maritime mammal.  

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Timestamps

Species intro and taxonomy: Start - 6:49

Description: 6:50 - 13:44

Ecology and reproduction: 13:45 - 26:26

Human impact: 26:27 - 30:40

How it’s queer: 31:27 - end

 

 

Content warnings: discussion of colonization and species loss 28:17 - 30:40

 

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Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Hannah Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.