Whale Boat Briefs
Japanese whalers leave for South Atlantic hunt
Officials say there will be no changes to their hunting plans despite international protests and slumping demand for whale ... The group's activists also dumped a foul-smelling acid on another whaling boat, slightly injuring two crew members. Japanese ...
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Helicopters collect whale snot from blowholes
When the equipment is ready, Acevedo-Whitehouse and her colleagues work aboard a small boat, scanning the ocean for the whales' blows, which appear as a sprinkler mist shooting from the ocean surface. The mist contains the whale's exhalation of air ...
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Whale-watchers see boat run over whale - Environment- msnbc.com
A boat struck a whale off New Hampshire's coast, leaving a deep gash as sightseers aboard three whale-watching boats snapped photos.
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Top 10 whale-watching destinations - Summer Travel- msnbc.com
Ahab pursued one. Jonah was swallowed by one. Nowadays, millions of people gather on shore or hop on a boat just to see one.
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A whale of a story - World Blog - msnbc.com
The idea is to slowly approach a whale in a boat moving at very low speeds, so that the whale can get used to the boat, then, if the whale appears willing and doesn’t turn away ...
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A whale's first words to humans: Bite me! - TODAY: Books - MSNBC.com
Amy braced a knee against the console to steady herself, keeping the camera pointed toward the whale as the boat bounced along. He would blow three, maybe four times, then fluke ...
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Prospects grim for lost baby whale - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
I finally got up and here's this whale suckling the side of the boat," Peter Lewis told Fairfax Radio Network. "It was a very, very sad sight.
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Hawaiian waters dangerous to whales - Environment- msnbc.com
HONOLULU - Greg Kaufman says his whale-watching boat was doing everything by the book: cruising below 13 knots and staying 100 yards from any visible humpback as a crew member ...
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