Scientists have a whale of a time

Colleagues Dawn Grebner, Susan Parks and Sally Mizroch from the USA attended the 17th biennial conference on cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in the Mother City at the conclusion of which fellow colleague Desray Deeb, who had worked the area as a member of Dr Peter Best’s team some years ago, led the group to the West Coast specifically to see Southern Right whales and the endemic Heaviside’s dolphins.
Experts in their chosen fields, these scientists allowed only 48 hours to locate and delight in the highly social behaviour of the Southern Rights, the dolphins sadly eluding them and a seasonal southerly offshore wind preventing them from taking a boat trip. Perhaps another time.