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Humpback Whale Hovers in Mid Air

Humpback Whale Jumps and Hovers in Mid Air No, its a baby humpback whale snapped momentsafter leaping from the sea. The 16ft creature appeared to hover above the Pacific surface as it frolickedplayfully in the ocean waves off Tongas Haapai [...]
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NOAA sets guidelines to save entangled whales

NOAA Set Guidelines to Save Entangled Whales The larger vessel trailing the line and buoy simulates an entangled whale, and the grapple throw is part of a disentanglement training exercise. Southern, a veteran whale-watch captain, held steady [...]
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Eye to Eye with a Whale Fantastic Pictures

Whale Eye to Eye with photographer They give birth to live young like we do. Both humans and whales are mammals, so our eyes are derived from a common ancestor. Not only can we look at whales and they can look back at us, but we know enough [...]
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Pilot whales die in mass stranding

pilot Whales Die in Mass Stranding The scene at Noordhoek beach on the Atlantic coast attracted dozens of curious onlookers who eagerly snapped pictures of the creatures, as rescuers tried to hose down the surviving animals. Pilot whales are [...]
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Get a Room Already Gray Whales Mate

Gray Whales Mate for hours in Southern California A pair of mating whales put on an unusual show for spectators along the coast in Dana Point and Laguna Beach on Sunday afternoon, mating all day while oblivious to nearby gawkers out enjoying [...]
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Whale is freed from Fishing net Maui

Whale Freed near Maui had 200 feet of Net Specially trained rescuers recently freed a humpback whale swimming off the island of Maui from a tangle of rope, a potentially life-threatening situation for the animal. The rescuers worked from vessels [...]
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Stranded Whales saved by Chile Navy

  Stranded Pilot Whales saved by Chile Navy Rescuers have been trying to save around 50 pilot whales as shown in this Video which beached themselves off Chile. Fishermen spotted the pod of short-finned whales stranded on a beach in southern [...]
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Man gets warning for Riding a Whale

Man Gets Warning after Riding a Whale.  Whale latter found dead NOAA Slaps Warning on Man For Harassing Whale off Pompano Beach Violators include those who approach the marine mammals too closely to watch, feed or swim with them. recognize [...]
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Your Whale Shark Pictures can help Scientists

Let your Whale Shark Pictures help Scientists Researchers studying the gigantic sharks in the Indian Ocean are hoping to use photographs from tourists in the Maldives to track and study their subjects. Essentially, he wanted to know whether [...]
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Humpback Whale Flips over Boat

Humpback whale flips over boat in Mexico Gillian Panasewicz, who is from Arizona, captured a series of stunning pictures showing the massive mammal coming up for air right as a boat was overhead. Thankfully, neither the whale nor those on the [...]
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Whale Vomit Is worth a bundle

Whale Vomit Could be worth some big dollars. Whales sometimes spew up ambergris, which floats on water and has been highly prized for centuries. It is used in perfume-making for the musky fragrance it acquires as it ages, but newer ambergris [...]
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Whale hits Canoe off Hawaii near Maui

A group of outrigger canoe paddlers received the surprise of a lifetime off Maui when a humpback whale launched out of the water and clipped the front of their vessel.   They were not paddling at the time, and Laurent Lebihan happened to [...]
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Models swim with whale sharks in underwater fashion shoot

Check out the rest of the stunning photos in this gallery.  Shot in the Philippines with numerous models – including the stars – Whale Sharks.   Click on the photo to go directly to The Telegraph Photo Shoot.  Enjoy! ~Mary Alice Via telegraph.co.uk
Adopted dolphin interacts with pod of sperm whales.

Deformed Dolphin Adopted by Pod of Sperm Whales

We so often seen stories of dolphins helping, rescuing, aiding… this is a story of a dolphin in need, the whales who came to the rescue, and although we can’t know for certain, a few possible reasons why. As reported by ScienceNow on [...]
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A Conservation Win For Whales in South Korea

Thankfully another win for Whales, at least for Minke Whales. The claim that “an over-abundance of minke whales has been harming fish stocks” was countered by the actual problem being overfishing. ~Mary Alice South Korea officially [...]