✨BONUS EPISODE✨: There are more than 90 species of whales, dolphins, & porpoises (known collectively as "cetaceans”) in the world. From the enormous Blue whale to the tiny Hector's dolphin, they exist in nearly every sea, ocean, & major fresh water system on Earth, and their variety is endless. Some have teeth to eat food while others rely on their baleen filter-feeding, some thrive in salty waters while others prefer fresh-water rivers, some communicate through song and others by whistling, some eat other large mammals and others only eat krill, some are smooth, some are bumpy… the list goes on and on!

But what does this have to do with a podcast all about adoption and identity? Well, I’ll tell you - whales adopt. That’s right! There are documented cases from around the world of different whale pods adopting other whales. The specific species and culture of those adopted don’t seem to factor in, as further observation of these groups indicate that empathy plays a main role in the adoption of stray whales into other pods. On today’s bonus episode, we talk about all things whale and reveal just how much whales and humans have in common; adoption is only the start. Listen now.