“Whales in Antarctica: delicate balance, extraordinary symbiosis.”🐳🐋 with Dr Vanessa Pirotta
🐳🐋 “Whales in Antarctica:
delicate balance, extraordinary symbiosis.”🐳🐋
with Dr Vanessa Pirotta
🇦🇶 Antarctic Dialogue #4 - 8.00 pm (AEST) Thursday 20th July 🇦🇶
Whales are just amazing! They:
✅ are the largest animals on Earth 😳
✅ have the biggest babies 👼🏼
✅ their feeding keeps the oceans healthy 🌊
✅ can talk to each other over hundreds of kilometres 🗣️
✅ love living in Antarctica! 🇦🇶🧊❄️ 🌊
There is no one better to talk to us about amazing whales than the very excellent Dr Vanessa Pirotta! 💫
Dr Vanessa has been around critters all her life and is deeply committed to the understanding and protection of animals by helping to educate the next generation of scientists and citizens.
In this special Antarctic Dialogues session, we will ask:
✅ Why do whales go to Antarctica?
✅ Why are whales important for our ocean?
✅ What can whales tell us about Antarctica and the wider natural environment?
✅ What effects are humans having on whales?
✅ Why do we need to keep researching these giants of the deep?
Join our growing community for a very interactive conversation with an accomplished researcher and each other. We will learn together and from each other about Antarctica, its whales and their importance to all of us.
Antarctic Dialogue No.4: “Whales in Antarctica: delicate balance, extraordinary symbiosis.”
8.00 pm, Thursday 20th July (AEST)
Register HERE
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Presenter:
Dr Vanessa Pirotta is a wildlife scientist and science communicator. Her research uses innovative technologies for wildlife conservation.
Vanessa’s zoological background has taken her around the world for wildlife research. Notable projects Vanessa has worked on include leading pioneering research in collaboration with industry experts to develop custom-built, waterproof drones to collect whale snot (lung bacteria) for an assessment of whale health. Vanessa is also a primary investigator on a major wildlife trafficking detection project with Rapiscan Systems, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Taronga Zoo.
Host:
Andrew Kelly is the CEO of The Antarctic Science Foundation, which connects supporters with researchers to enable catalytic scientific research on the Icy Continent. Across two decades, he has witnessed the power of generosity by facilitating transformational gifts to Youth Off The Streets, The Smith Family, The Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS), the Society of St Vincent De Paul and Children’s Medical Research Institute. Andrew trained as an economist before commencing a career in banking with Macquarie, Bank of America and Westpac. He has competed at an elite level in road cycling and is an Observer at the Australian Antarctic Science Council. His favourite role is being a Dad.