Owing to a change in format this is my first front page for three years – we had a single pic on the front page up until last week.
Anyhow please excuse me this indulgence – it is just a press release with an interview added, not original research. Continue reading
GEOFF VIVIAN
The Bremer Canyon has become a “mecca” for international whale watchers because it contains an important feeding ground for killer whales, or orcas.
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“We’re getting international group bookings now where people are flying in from the States, from Europe, China, from wherever,” said film-maker and tour boat operator Dave Riggs.
[From The Great Southern Weekender, July 16, 2015, p7.]
The story goes on to talk about his new doco on Discovery Channel.
In our interview he made an assertion about a scientific matter and, as neither he nor I are scientists, I ran it past a prominent cetacean researcher that I know.
That is all a journlist needs to do when presented with a matter of “science” that is not in a reputable peer-reviewed journal – get an expert opinion.