March 3rd, 2013 | Comments Off
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January 10th, 2013 | Comments Off
MONTREAL (AP) — A community in Quebec’s Far North is calling for outside help to free about a dozen killer whales trapped under a vast stretch of sea ice.
Locals in Inukjuak said
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August 10th, 2012 | Comments Off
At the Request of Costa Rica, Interpol as issued a Red Notice for the arrest of Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd organization. An organization whose efforts are to save the whales from Japanese Hunting.
WATSON, PAUL FRANKLIN
Legal status
Present family name :
WATSON
Forename :
PAUL FRANKLIN
Sex :
Male
Date of birth :
02/12/1950 (61 years old)
Place of birth :
TORONTO , Canada
Language spoken :
English
Nationality :
Canada, United states
Offences
Categories of Offences :
Life and health, Fugitives, Life and health
Wanted by :
Costa rica
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July 9th, 2012 | Comments Off
Have you ever seen pictures of a submarine, while it was underwater?
Long and sleek, like cylindrical tubes, blue whales are are the largest animal to be known to live on earth and are the largest mammal in the world.
When born, the calf can weigh as much as one ton, gaining as much as 200 lbs a day during its first year. The gestation period for the female blue whale is approx 11 months.
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February 8th, 2012 | Comments Off
A scuba diver in New Zealand diver has rescued an orca, commonly known as a killer whale, he found trapped in a fisherman’s rope.
New Zealand media report the whale had become entangled in a rope attached to a crayfish trap off the coast of Coromandel Peninsula.
Diver Rhys Cochrane said the whale did not seem to mind when he swam down to cut the rope and said it swam away quickly once it was freed. He said several other whales had watched from a distance.
New Zealand orca expert Ingrid Visser watched the video Cochrane had taken of the experience. She said whales are smart enough to know when you are trying to help them.
Visser said she could see bite marks on the whale, indicating other whales had tried to free it.
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