收集鲸鱼的鼻涕
“There she blows” may be the traditional cry for whale spotters but marine biologist Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse gives it a new meaning.
She flies a remote-controlled helicopter fitted with a culture dish through the billows of mucus whales eject from their blowhole, above, then analyses it for viruses and bacteria.
Karina, from the Zoological Society of London, says: “It can be quite dangerous.”
很多看到鲸鱼的人一般会惊叫：“它在那喷气”。不过，伦敦动物学会的海洋生物学家卡琳娜•阿塞韦多•怀特豪斯给了它新的含义。
她操纵着一架装载有培养皿的遥控直升机，在鲸鱼从其喷水孔喷出的翻滚的粘液中穿梭搜集样本，然后用来分析病毒和细菌。
卡琳娜说：“这有时候相当危险。”