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Why is Whale Poop in Perfume?

Why is Whale Poop in Perfume?

Update: 2025-09-04
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According to Marine conservationist Joe Roman, whale poop is like snowflakes—no two poops are the same, and they are all individually beautiful. In this episode, we explore the many ways whales are a keystone species for the oceans, helping to fight climate change, cycle nutrients and even helping humans smell better! 

Joe Roman is a conservation biologist and author of Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World and Listed: Dispatches from America’s Endangered Species Act, winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. He is a fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont, with his research focusing on endangered species conservation and marine ecology.

For more information, click here: https://leylaacaroglu.com/podcast-joe-roman/ 
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Why is Whale Poop in Perfume?

Why is Whale Poop in Perfume?

Leyla Acaroglu