Subject: Right Whales:NZ southern right whale press release (fwd)
Mike Williamson (pita@www1.wheelock.edu)
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:56:42 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:19:20 -0800
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Subject: NZ southern right whale press release (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:59:54 GMT+1200
From: n.patenaude@auckland.ac.nz
A clarification for those of you that felt compelled to comment on the
Press release:
I was misquoted on a number of issues:
1) I never said the whales where GENETICALLY distinct from Argentina and
South A frica. Our work does show that they are distinct from Western
Australia. So nobody wor ry, I haven't been working on samples I don't
have.
2) I was misquoted on the number of srw in the Southern Hemisphere as
well- not a few hundred- I said probably in the low thousands- never mind
3) I never said I worked on North Atlantic rights in ALASKA!!! I said I
had work ed in Alaska, and I was wearing a North Atlantic Right Whale
t-shirt during the interv iew.
On the other hand I did say the mushy bit about right whales. I thought a
touch of sentimentality would be good for the overly severe impression the
public has of scientists. I probably will never live it down.
And I did say that they beat humpbacks any day. Which I think they do!
Anybody in their 'right' minds know that!
Cheers,
Nathalie
Ecology and Evolution Group
School of Biological Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand
ph:64-9-373-7599 ext 4588