Shane Gero is a marine biologist and renowned expert in the acoustic complexity and social behaviors of marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. He is a Scientist-in-Residence at the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Canada. Importantly, he is also an activist and staunch advocate for providing meaningful sanctuary for these species in the world oceans.
His most recent work in the Caribbean Ocean, centered around Dominica, included thousands of hours of field work and has played a role in finally establishing what will soon be the largest marine sanctuary ever created in the Caribbean and the world's first ever large protected area for Sperm Whales.
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Learn More About Shane Gero and the Dominica Whale Project
* Watch this TEDEd Video first!
How Advanced is Whale Talk? with Shane Gero and David Gruber
Shane Gero: https://www.shanegero.com
The Sperm Whale Project: https://www.thespermwhaleproject.org
Talks by Shane:
*Bioneers: Preserving Animal Cultures: Lessons from Whale Wisdom
*TEDxOttawa: The Lost Culture of Whales
Articles:
*New York Times: Scientists Find an 'Alphabet' in Whale Songs
This episode was produced by Chrissie Bodznick with music by Trace Ketterling.
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