The Snot and the Whale

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How do whales use their blowholes to breathe, and what keeps them from filling up with water? There’s no better way to find out than getting up close and personal with whales! That’s what marine mammal biologist Justine Hudson did when she collected whale snot from belugas. Snot or “blow” is the watery cloud that sprays up when whales exhale. Justine shares her incredible snotty adventure in the Arctic, and tells us how blowholes work. Want to watch beluga whales chasing a boat of scientists trying to collect their snot? We have a video from Justine herself, on the blog on our website! Plus, more educational resources about studying whales. Visit sciencepodcastforkids.com. Scientists have a few other surprising ways to study whales. Find out more in our bonus interview episode with Justine, available to Patreon subscribers for just $1 or more a month. Pledge today on patreon.com/tumblepodcast. During October 2020, pledges at $10/month or more get a special PuppetGram with our awesome puppet friends!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:03.6	And I'm Marshall.
0:04.5	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:08.3	Today we're talking about blow holes, how they stay close and what comes out of them
0:13.7	when they open.
0:15.6	Blow holes are like the mobile shower heads of the ocean in case you need to take a shower
0:19.6	in the middle of the ocean.
0:21.4	They're actually for whales to breathe.
0:24.0	So we'll find out how blow holes work and why scientists are studying the spray that
0:29.3	comes out of them.
0:35.9	Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for Podcasters.
0:39.0	Here at Tumble, we believe that making podcasts is a great way to share what you know about
0:42.6	the world and there's no better way to get started than to use Spotify for podcasters.
0:47.8	Spotify for podcasters lets you record and edit podcasts right from your phone or computer
0:52.2	and once you're done with that, you can publish your podcast on Spotify and everywhere
0:56.2	else for free.
0:58.2	On the channel, the Spotify for Podcasters app or go to Spotify.com slash podcasters to
1:02.8	get started.
1:11.3	Today's question comes from Noah.
1:14.1	Hi, my name is Noah and I am 6 years old and my question is paddo whales, revellas
1:22.8	and other blow holes and also how do they not get sued up with water when they're swimming
1:30.1	for their blow hole?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tumble Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tumble Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.