Do tourist boats stress out whales? Researchers find out
11 September 2021 |
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Researchers are studying the whales' stress levels in their hormones. iStock Previous studies on tourism's impact on whales, which were based on behavioural observations, concluded that tourism caused only minor disruptions to the mammals.
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