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Whales are textbook beauty and grace—and they’re a helluva lot of work to clean up when they die. Today, we’re diving into one of the most bizarre, smelly, and heartbreaking jobs in the world: working on a marine animal stranding response team.Thanks to Dr. Susan Barco and Dr. Alex Costidis at The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Stranding Response Program, here are a few curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:The equipment you need to dismember and move a 50-ton whaleHow many calories a whale eats in a dayThe smelliest whale to dissectDid You Know?For every foot in length, a whale weighs about two thousand pounds.To learn more about the stranding response team and how you can support them (as well as how to take a whale watching tour), please visit these links:https://www.virginiaaquarium.com/research-and-conservation/stranding-responsehttps://www.virginiaaquarium.com/support/give-to-strandinghttps://www.virginiaaquarium.com/things-to-do/boat-tourshttps://www.virginiaaquarium.com/blog/whale-watching-boat-toursCreditsCurious State is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast hosted and produced by Doug Fraser.Find Curious State on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.Podcast Manager - Adam Cecil Podcast and Advertising Operations Specialist - Morgan ChristiansonDigital Operations Specialist - Holly HutchingsMarketing and Publicity Assistant - Davina TomlinIntern - Brendan Picha The Quick and Dirty Tips network is a division of Macmillan Publishers in partnership with Mignon Fogarty, Inc.A special thanks to Brennan Tapp for assisting in this episode's field recordings, and Mackenzie DiNardo (PR Manager at the VA Aquarium) for helping make all this happen.Have a question? Or a topic you’d like covered on the show? Maybe you just love sending emails? Whichever shoe fits, tie it on and send me a message at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Whales are textbook beauty and grace—and they’re a helluva lot of work to clean up when they die. Today, we’re diving into one of the most bizarre, smelly, and heartbreaking jobs in the world: working on a marine animal stranding response...

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