Hanne Strager: The Killer Whale Journals
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
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🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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"I also heard the sounds of killer whales. They were calling to each other loud and clear. these melodious whistles and calls which went right into my ear pieces. I realized that even if I couldn't see them, they were there somewhere beneath me in the ocean. They were communicating with each other. They were staying in contact. It was like a big family." - Hanne Strager
Hanne Strager is a biologist, whale researcher, and author. She is the co-founder of the Andenes Whale Centre in Norway and she has served as the Director of Exhibitions at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. She's written many books. Her most recent, The Killer Whale Journals, was released on April 3rd. It's a compilation about killer whales, killer whales in Hannah's life and killer whales throughout history. And it is extraordinary.
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| 0:00.0 | Species unite. I also heard the sounds of killer whales. |
| 0:15.0 | They are calling to each other loud and clear. |
| 0:19.0 | These melodious whistles and calls which went right into my earpieces, |
| 0:29.3 | I realized that even if I couldn't see them, they were there. |
| 0:35.0 | Somewhere beneath me in the ocean, they were communicating with each other. |
| 0:41.0 | They were staying in contact. |
| 0:42.0 | It was like a big family. |
| 0:52.3 | Hi I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's |
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| 1:09.1 | It really helps people to find the show. A few weeks ago the Miami Sea Aquarium announced that it had entered into a contract with the nonprofit group |
| 1:25.5 | Friends of Loletta aka Friends of Toki to transport Loletta the Orca to an ocean sanctuary. |
| 1:33.1 | Loleida whose real name is Tokatay, |
| 1:35.1 | is a 57-year-old orca who has been kept in captivity |
| 1:38.2 | in this tiny whale-sized swimming pool |
| 1:41.0 | at Miami Sea Aquarium for the past 50 years. It is absolutely enormous |
| 1:46.3 | that she's being released. This never happens. It's happening in part because of |
| 1:51.2 | decades worth of pressure from animal rights groups and in part because of decades worth of pressure from animal rights groups and in part |
| 1:54.4 | because of cults owner and now animal rights hero Jim Ursay who's funding this. |
| 2:00.8 | So because we're celebrating workers and because we're celebrating workas and because we're celebrating Toketay, this |
| 2:05.8 | conversation is with Hannah Stregger. |
| 2:09.2 | Hannah is a biologist, a whale researcher, an author and the co-founder of Andine's Well Center in Norway. |
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