Lucy Cooke

I'm Lucy Cook.

I'm the author of Bitch on the Female of the Species and I've got a background in zoology.

delighted to fly to Seattle and meet this population of orcas.

She got wind of a pretty amazing discovery in killer whales.

Yeah, this felt like a really, really important story and one that I found inspirational.

Flew to Seattle.

You get a seaplane.

You get to feel like you're in a 1970s, you know, adventure TV series.

That's how everybody traveled in the 1970s was by seaplane to go and deal with emergencies, you know.

Yeah, I'd written to her offering up my services to join her on her research boat because I'd heard that she went out every day chasing orcas trying to catch their poo in a net.

That's what I do.

Okay.

And the reason why is because, as she'll tell you, poop is a goldmine.

You do what's called a distant poop follow.

Oh.

And I believe that that is a scientific term.

You form a little polite distance back.

Yeah, everyone needs some privacy.

Exactly.

You don't want to overcrowd them.