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A snot-harvesting drone could help researchers study whales


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Drones can lurk above whales and catch the spray from their blowholes for later research.

Is there a benefit to catching it as spray rather than land on the whale blowhole for epidermal collecting?

That title has everything!

I had never heard the phrase "snot harvesting" before. 

Same concept, but for human babies:  Nosefrita the Snotsucker Nasal Aspirator

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00171WXII?pc_redir=1410773646&robot_redir=1

"Nosefrita"? Really?!

haha!  yes!  those are crucial for cleaning little stuffy noses!!

There's a lot of money in cleaning things. 

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