Dr. Asha de Vos
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
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And in Sri Lanka, because nobody had done this kind of work, I had no one to turn to locally.
So that's why I had to write to people across the world and, you know, as I would say, the global north.
And people were so excited and I got like a flurry of emails.
But like their immediate response was, this is so interesting, exciting, and we'd like to learn more and do more work.
Can you get us a research permit so we can bring our teams and do research on the ground?
Exactly.
And I remember, you know, like thinking there's something wrong with this.
You know, like I am Sri Lankan.
I was on an expedition in Sri Lankan waters and I made a discovery about a potentially Sri Lankan group of whales.
If someone was trying to come and take over the research and I was like, no, thank you.
And, you know, to date, I thank my 23 year old self for having the courage to say that because, you know, it was the start of my career and I could have been in a position where I was like, okay, what if I can't do this?
And maybe, you know, maybe I can work on it for someone else.
And instead I decided that I was going to be the person to do it.
So, so bold move.
I'm glad it all worked out is what I should say, you know, um,
Yeah.
Not bad.
I mean, I still am.
Yeah.
I say that often to myself.
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