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Roger Payne, legend of whale biology and marine conservation has died. The world has lost a force of nature.
I wrote a book with Roger in it, he took me under his wing and we became friends.
Here is a small part of the story of this wonderful human.
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I wrote a book with Roger in it, he took me under his wing and we became friends.
Here is a small part of the story of this wonderful human.
🧵
2/ Born in 1935, his father worked at Bell labs “the Google of its time”. His mother a viola player filled their house with music. Exploring local woods & streams he “fell completely in love with wildlife and being outdoors”. They moved to NYC and he was crestfallen, hating it
3/ All through Roger’s life run these strands of tools, nature, adventure, family and perhaps above all, shared music and art.
