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Joy Reidenberg: Weird Whale

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 12:07PM

Joy Reidenberg, a fast-talking, energetic anatomist captivated the PopTech audience with her talk, “Why Whales are Weird.”

With one amazing fact after the next (Whales evolved from deer-like creatures! Their spinal movement is more like galloping in the water! They don’t actually spout water! They have mustaches!), she took us through the story of evolution using whales as a model.

Joy explained that evolution is the process to mediate resilience and thus, survival.

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Source: PopTech Iceland: Day 2 recap

at PopTech Blog on June 29, 2012
Source: From Inside Lions and Leviathans, Anatomist Builds a Following

by CARL ZIMMER at New York Times on February 6, 2012

She became a central figure in the series, “Inside Nature’s Giants,” alongside Mark Evans, a veterinary scientist; Simon Watt, a biologist; and the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The show became a hit in Britain, and now it has arrived in the United States, where four episodes are being shown on public television, with plans for more.