About: Moby Doll's impact in scientific research

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Moby Doll's impact in scientific research was enormous and in a sense unrepeatable. He was the first ever killer whale (orca) to be studied at close quarters alive, initiating pioneering research about his very misunderstood species. Few other individual animals have ever changed the way their species was perceived more than Moby Doll.

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  • Moby Doll's impact in scientific research was enormous and in a sense unrepeatable. He was the first ever killer whale (orca) to be studied at close quarters alive, initiating pioneering research about his very misunderstood species. Few other individual animals have ever changed the way their species was perceived more than Moby Doll. Up to 1964, "whale research was done postmortem," said Center for Whale Research founder Ken Balcomb, and the main discoveries were the remains of what whales had eaten, in their stomachs. The Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory in Seattle was hunting and killing orcas for its research. (en)
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  • Moby Doll's impact in scientific research was enormous and in a sense unrepeatable. He was the first ever killer whale (orca) to be studied at close quarters alive, initiating pioneering research about his very misunderstood species. Few other individual animals have ever changed the way their species was perceived more than Moby Doll. (en)
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  • Moby Doll's impact in scientific research (en)
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