Collecting whale snot via RC helicopter

This is just strange. To monitor the health of whales bodily fluid samples must be taken. Since taking blood, urine, or stool samples is hard (considering IT’S A WHALE) scientists might opt to position remote controlled helicopters over whale blow spouts to collect snot samples. Dr. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse of the Zoological Society of London claims the hacky fix could be a breakthrough.

Via Boing Boing and Make