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A few months later, another team using a remote-controlled helicopter to collect blow samples reported finding potentially pathogenic bacteria in the breath of five whale species.

The relative ease with which blow can be collected and the promise that blow samples may be chemically analysed to answer a number of biological questions have already led several researchers to begin collecting blow samples (e.g. [18]).

Having trialled two DNA storage buffers, we recommend resuspending blow samples in TE buffer rather than in ethanol for two reasons.

Overall, our study shows that DNA can be extracted from blow samples and that both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA can be successfully amplified using these samples.

Second, we found that blow samples resuspended in ethanol had a tendency to stick to the side of the collection tube, making it more difficult to centrifuge.

In a pilot study, we first investigated whether or not blow samples could be collected from wild bottlenose dolphins in the eastern gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia (25°47'S,113°43'E).

This will allow us to ground-truth blow sampling in this wild population.

To date however, we are unaware of any published research that has investigated whether blow sampling could be successfully used to extract DNA information from cetaceans.

Both biopsy and blow-sampling require close proximity of the boat, but blow-sampling can be achieved when dolphins voluntarily bow-ride and involves no harmful contact.

This indicates that blow-sampling is a viable alternative method for DNA collection.

In this study, we show that blow-sampling provides a viable and less invasive method for collection of genetic data, even for small cetaceans.