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Otago research reveals dwarf whale survived well into Ice Age (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 months ago
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Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. Otago research reveals dwarf whale survived well into Ice Age University of Otago,
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Scientists Celebrate a Long-Dead Whale
Santa Cruz :: Bolivia | 3 months ago
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Photo courtesy neptunecanada of Flickr via Creative Commons A new paper describes the slowly rotting skeleton of a whale on the seafloor near the South Sandwich Islands, between South America and Antarctica...If they beach themselves first, their
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Disturbingly beautiful and barely legal items made from whale baleen
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 3 months ago
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Baleen is part of a unique filtration system that allows enormous whales to live off of relatively tiny creatures. Baleen plates are often shed by a whale or released after their death, and harvested for use in art and consumer goods. As you can
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Whales feed with 'tangled hair net'
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Filter-feeding whales' unique baleen structures tangle to trap food, experiments have revealed. US scientist Professor Alexander J Werth investigated how bowhead and humpback whales capture prey using the plates in their throats. He found that, in
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Construction Project in California Reveals New Whale Species
Thanks to a new highway in Southern California, science now knows about several new species of ancient whale. A project meant to widen a highway running through Laguna Canyon revealed fossils belonging to early previously-unknown
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Ancient Whale Fossils Found Under California Highway
Santiago :: Chile | 4 months ago
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Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center Teeth from one of the whale fossils...One of the species, dubbed "Willy," is much larger than the others and may have eaten sharks , said Meredith Rivin, a paleontologist at the Cooper Archaeological
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Redondo Beach boat Voyager gets an early start on watch for blue whales
Redondo Beach :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Peering over the top deck of the Redondo Beach-based Voyager, 7-year-old Michael Botros was impressed: "Oh my God!" he shouted. Michael was watching three minke whales lunch on shrimp-like krill a few miles from shore Friday afternoon. "I saw a fin,"
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Baby gray whale skeleton on display Friday in Watsonville
Watsonville :: CA :: USA | 12 months ago
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If you missed the 35-foot baby gray whale skeleton in the city's annual Fourth of July parade, or just want a closer look at the bones or even a touch, get yourself down to Marinovich Park. The visiting skeleton, hosted by the city's Environmental
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Man-made miracles
Manila :: Philippines | 12 months ago
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Ken Kwapis' Big Miracle, which opens next week, boosts its believability and crowd-drawing appeal by inventively using archival footage to lend credibility to its far-fetched storyset in 1988, at the tail end of the Cold Warabout a family of
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Newly Discovered Sensory Organ Helps Whales Grab Meals On The Go
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 1 year ago
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At mealtimes, the blue whale opens and closes his 20 foot-long jaws in under 10 seconds, gulping down around 100 cubic meters of water into its balloon-like expandable throat. If you've ever jogged in a swimming pool, you might have an inkling of how
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