Whale Watching | PhD Life Break

Last month a fellow grad student and I went whale watching as a tiny, exhilarating respite from PhD work. I finally saw one of my favorite animals, a humpback whale, up close. Well worth an early Sunday wakeup. Honestly, I was barely looking at what I shot, because I really wanted to watch the whales with my eyes, not through my camera, so I'm surprised this footage turned out as well as it did! Just a little whale vlog, just because! (And some dolphins too. I guess they're cool.)

Reports of humpbacks interfering with other animals:

Study of humpback/orca interactions:

Another giant thank you to my Patreon supporters, including my amazing ribosomes:

Marcel Ward

Christopher Miles

Colin Jones

Palle Helenius

Phiroze Dalal

Tim Rhodes

Peter Cook

Brad

Filip

Edgar Romero

Diane & George Dainis

Thomas Davis

Alexandra Daly

Don Burlone

Tim McNally

Jose Cruz

Brandon C.

William Pilkington

Kevin Hardesty

Nick Ramos

Music: "Walk With Me" by Silent Partner and "First to Last" by Gunnar Olsen

Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other scientists! Each video is a new view into life as a grad student, and the rollercoaster that is getting a PhD.

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Thank you to DCMP for captioning!

(All thoughts and opinions are my own and do not reflect the thoughts or opinions of my institution.)