Helicopters collect whale snot from blowholes

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 18:28 in Biology & Nature

Tiny, remote-controlled helicopters hovering above the blowholes of whales have collected snot samples that could help scientists learn which bacteria lurk in seemingly healthy cetaceans in the wild.

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