Dr. Asha de Vos

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Science Friday · Asha de Vos’ journey from deck hand to marine science leader · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

And I was like, gobsmacked, gobsmacked.

So I always tell people, not everyone has the privilege of saying that, you know, an aggregation of blue whales and a floating pile of whale poop was that, you know, where their career kickstarted.

But it's a pretty good story.

So I'm going to go with that.

And it was my eureka moment.

So, yeah, at that moment, I was like, I want to understand what is going on.

I want to understand how this is possible.

What are they feeding on?

Why are they here?

Why are they not migrating?

So I actually, that night, I remember crying.

going into the bookcase and digging out any documents about blue whales and like kind of reading up and trying to see what was known about blue whales in this part of the world, which was basically nothing.

And, you know, trying to understand a bit more of the biology of blue whales, because, you know, I knew there was something exciting.

And then I actually...

Reached out to scientists across the world who worked on these species because I was like, OK, I think I've got something exciting.

I'd like to do some research and to kind of build a project around it.

But of course, at this point, I'm 23 years old.

Right.

So like I don't have any experience.

I don't.

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