Episode 95: Poisoned Tusks

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that sperm whales shared behaviours to outmanoeuvre 19th-century human hunters.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1982/poisoned-tusks/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.018'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Invitation’ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/91670/invitation-5848812cd9733'>here</a>.  </p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>