When you think of drone-giant DJI, the words “whale snot” do not usually leap to mind. However, the Chinese UAV manufacturer is teaming up with Ocean Alliance to better study and help whales in Mexico – using snot. The biological mission, known affectionately as Snotbot, deploys drones directly into the mucous spray whales expel as they surface. Researchers can then … [Read more...] about DJI Partners with Whale Researchers
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Patrick Stewart Urges Backers to ‘Make It So’ for Whale Drone Project
“These are the voyages of the Ocean Alliance. Its aquatic mission: to preserve aquatic sealife, to seek out new whale snot, to boldly send drones where no drones have gone before.” OK, so maybe that’s not the precise mission of a marine biological study to analyze whale behavior; but with the help of Sir Patrick Stewart, the non-profit project has injected the celebrity … [Read more...] about Patrick Stewart Urges Backers to ‘Make It So’ for Whale Drone Project
Drone Spies Wild Orca Pod
(Source thedodo.com) Wild orcas are getting a lot more exposure these days, thanks to the use of drone technology that captured some pretty spectacular footage of them. One such video was taken by researchers at the Vancouver Aquarium and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as part of a series of 60 missions that took over 30,000 photos of a threatened … [Read more...] about Drone Spies Wild Orca Pod
