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New study identifies whale-strike 'hotspots' around the world

University of Washington researchers have mapped a ton of whale location points, more than 400,000 records, and overlaid shipping traffic data on top of it.

They found there are few places where whales are safe from collisions.

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Gabriel Spitzer is a fill-in reporter, producer and host who previously covered science and health and worked on the KNKX show Sound Effect.