Michael Bigg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian marine biologist
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Place of Birth: London
About Michael Bigg
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- Bigg (1939–1990) was a Canadian marine biologist who is recognized as the founder of modern research on killer whales.
- With his colleagues, he developed new techniques for studying killer whales and conducted the first population census of the animals.
- Bigg's work in wildlife photo-identification enabled the longitudinal study of individual killer whales, their travel patterns, and their social relationships in the wild, and revolutionized the study of cetaceans.
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