Thursday, November 30, 2017

Feces from entangled North Atlantic right whales reveals 'sky-high' stress levels

North Atlantic right whale scientists found that whales who undergo prolonged entanglements in fishing gear endure 'sky-high hormone levels,' indicating severe stress, which researchers discovered using a pioneering technique of examining scat from live, entangled, and dead whales over 15 years.

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