1. What is your favourite animal / sighting?
2. What is it like to see dolphins in real life?
3. What is the largest / rarest marine animal you have seen?
4. Have you ever seen more than two species together?
5. Do you ever swim with / touch the dolphins and whales?
6. Do you use drones or tags to study whales?
7. How does the hydrophone work?
8. Have you ever seen a; humpback whale/ killer whale/ turtle/ sunfish/ tuna
9. How do you count the animals without counting the same animal twice?
10. How far do you travel each trip?
11. Does anyone ever feel seasick?
12. Sailing seems scary, has anyone ever fallen overboard?
13. What is it like to sleep on the boat? Is it comfy and warm?
14. What do you eat on the boat? Do you fish for your dinner?
15. How has the pandemic impacted your trips?
16. What is a whales main diet?
17. Where is the best place to see whales and dolphins near us?
18. How do dolphins communicate with each other?
19. What is a porpoise?
20. Is a killer whale dangerous, why are they called that?
21. What is the lifespan of a whale or dolphin?
22. Are basking sharks the only sharks in Scotland?
23. How many species of whales are there?
24. Do dolphins sleep? How? Where?
25. Which animal is the most common?
26. Have you seen an animal with plastic on them?
27. Why do dolphins beach? Do you help them?
28. What causes sound pollution?
29. What impact is global warming having?
30. Can boats interfere with dolphin communication?
31. How much plastic pollution do you see?
32. Do dolphins get tangled in nets?
33. Does climate change impact animals migrating?
34. What inspired you to do this job?
35. What did you study to help you get into this career?
36. What skills do you need to volunteer? Do you have to want to be a scientist?
37. What qualifications and certificates do you need to work on a boat?
38. How old do you need to be to volunteer? Why can't children join trips?
39. Did you always want to work with whales and dolphins from when you were young?
40. What is the best bit of your job?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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