Phe drone have scientists from the US Environmental Protection Agency NOAA Whales equipped with transmitters. Actually, these transmitters, which are attached to the animals with suction cups and provide important data for research, would be attached to the whales from a close distance from a boat, the NOAA scientists write in the journal “Royal Society Open Science”. But that can disturb the animals, put people in danger and is often unsuccessful.
Drone with transmitter approaching
Source: dpa
So the researchers tried attaching transmitters to blue whales and fin whales using drones. The scientists report that 21 of 29 attempts were successful.
The drone cautiously approaches the whale
Source: dpa
The drones took an average of 2.45 minutes to attach the transmitter and covered an average of 490 meters.
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