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Yvette Razafindrakoto, a research scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, waits for a humpback to surface so she can shoot a biopsy dart. The darts do not harm the animals, but let the researchers obtain small DNA samples for study.
Yvette Razafindrakoto, a research scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, waits for a humpback to surface so she can shoot a biopsy dart. The darts do not harm the animals, but let the researchers obtain small DNA samples for study.


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