All posts tagged "Whales"
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Ambergris 101: The lump of whale vomit that recently sold for £11000
Weird items at auctions may be an everyday affair but there are instances when something peculiar ends up...
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Whale vomit lump found by Anglesey resident auctioned for £11,000
It’s not everyday that you find a lump of whale vomit aka ambergris while walking on the beach...
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What killed all those whales in B.C. and Alaskan waters? Algae toxins!
Over two dozen whales have washed up on British Columbia and Alaskan waters this year and researchers have...
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Researcher: Recent whale deaths could have been caused by toxic algae
Director of the UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit, Dr. Andrew Trites, has revealed that the recent whale deaths...
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Sperm whale dialects governed by culture, study suggests
There is a direct influence of culture and development of dialects in animals as well, a new study...
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Researchers reason why sperm whales have different dialects
Dialects is something that has long been associated with humans with very few direct observations of groups of...
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Whale vomit may fetch up to £7,000 at auction
In a first of its kind auction, a lump of whale vomit, which washed up on the shores...
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Naturalists spot extremely rare fin whale in north Puget Sound
Whale sightings are always a treat and if the sighting is of an extremely rare whale and that...
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[Video] Watch the rare beluga whale sighting as captured by holiday-makers
Holiday-makers visiting sweeping beach at Warkworth, Northumberland were treated with rare sighing of beluga whales and as expected...
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Rare beluga whale sightings off Northumberland coast a treat for holiday-makers
Holidays makers who didn’t go to the Northumberland coast this season may feel left out after quite a...