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Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse Wins Ig Nobel Prize For Collecting Whale Snot With RC Helicopter

First Posted: 10/26/10 01:34 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:05 PM ET

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If ever there was a fun job -- and conversation starter -- it's figuring out how to collect tissue samples from live whales. On the surface it might not seem terribly interesting, but when you factor in remote control toy helicopters, whole new levels of neat open up.

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If ever there was a fun job -- and conversation starter -- it's figuring out how to collect tissue samples from live whales. On the surface it might not seem terribly interesting, but when you factor ...
If ever there was a fun job -- and conversation starter -- it's figuring out how to collect tissue samples from live whales. On the surface it might not seem terribly interesting, but when you factor ...
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Max Shaw
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02:23 PM on 10/29/2010
Majoring in marine biology never looked so fun now...
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11:07 AM on 10/29/2010
Kewl beans. Such a clever use of common items. And the guy\gal got a nice nobel prize paycheck out of it too. Gets to meet the Swedish King and Queen. An all around winning situation.
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11:26 AM on 10/28/2010
Gesundheit!!!
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06:29 PM on 10/27/2010
Talk about a "Eurika" moment..
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02:22 PM on 10/29/2010
Nah, its more of a 'Mattell' moment..it would be a Eureka moment, however, if they used a vacuum cleaner with hover 'Hoover' technology.
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