Clues to why whales are not recovering in numbers in the Antarctic - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go...
May 6, 2014
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From these bones the study revealed that there was much more genetic diversity in that region than there is today. This lets scientists and historians know that some knowledge about whale behaviours in that area has been lost forever with the decimation of whale populations as a result of whaling.
- Halil
“The waters around South Georgia Island were productive feeding grounds for great whales before whaling,” he said. “Yet they have not returned here in any numbers, despite nearly 50 years of protection. That suggests the possibility that the local population was extirpated, resulting in the loss of some cultural knowledge about the habitat.”
- Halil