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Minkie whale stranded
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Whale trapped in sea loch
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A badly injured whale has become trapped in a large sea loch on the west side of Lewis. The adult northern bottled-nosed whale, an endangered species, was discovered in Loch Roag at about 0900 BST. It was beached for a short period during the low spring tide but later managed to get back into the water. T...
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Narwhals Tusk
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Martin Nweeia, DMD, DDS, has answered a marine science question that has eluded the scientific community for hundreds of years: why does the narwhal, or "unicorn," whale have an 8-foot-long tooth emerging from its head, and what is its function?
He has discovered that the narwhal's tooth has h...
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The Stone-age whalers
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With no motors or harpoons, brave villagers use their ancient skills to bring home 75ft monster of the deep It's a way of life that has gone on unchanged for hundreds of years. In a throwback to the Stone Age, there are no explosive harpoons or even nails in the wooden boats. And you can forget outboard mo...
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Palaeontologists have discovered a bizarre whale fossil in Australia with a set of fearsome teeth.
The specimen has surprised scientists because it belongs to the group known as baleen whales.
Modern day baleen whales are all placid, plankton eaters, but the new fossil shows the group were...
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Iceland has said that they would resume commercial whaling after a nearly two-decade moratorium, defying a worldwide ban on hunting the mammals for their meat.
Fisheries Minister Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson told Iceland's parliament that his ministry would begin issuing licenses to hunt fin...
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