Hal Whitehead Quotes
‘Scientific whaling’ is like the prostitution of the profession: using the name of science for a totally bogus purpose.
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| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Biologist, Professor |
Hal Whitehead is a Canadian biologist specializing in the study of the sperm whale. He is professor at Dalhousie University. The primary field research vessel of his laboratory is the Balaena, a Valiant 40 ocean-going cruising boat, which normally does its work off the coast of Nova Scotia. Other marine mammals studied by Whitehead's laboratory include beluga whales, pilot whales, northern bottlenose whales, and bottlenose dolphins. He has written several books include: Voyage to the whales, Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean, Analyzing Animal Societies, and The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins(with Luke Rendell). He earned his PhD from Cambridge.
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