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Story from a Dolphin Morgue

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You have probably seen cans of tuna in your local supermarket marked “dolphin safe.” That label means the tuna was fished in a way that spares most dolphins from being killed in the tuna fleet’s giant nets. In this podcast, biologist and guest reporter Matt Leslie brings us a story about tuna, the intertwined fate of fisheries and dolphins, and the work of scientists. It’s a story that lies behind the label of every can of tuna. It spans two generations of scientists and a revolution in scientific methods. Matt reports from a dolphin morgue in La Jolla, California, USA

http://education.eol.org/podcast/dolphins.

*This podcast is part of the One Species at a Time series from the Encyclopedia of Life and produced by Atlantic Public Media. Funding for this podcast comes from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.