The Mysterious World Of Whales

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First Posted: 07-12-09 02:15 PM   |   Updated: 07-12-09 03:04 PM

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On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San Jose, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of whales stranded along the beach. A quick assessment indicated that they had died quite recently. The scientists radioed a passing vessel and sent a message to a colleague at a nearby marine-mammal laboratory, who came to the beach to do an examination.

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On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San Jose, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of whales stranded along the beach. A quick assessment...
On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San Jose, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of whales stranded along the beach. A quick assessment...
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- Earl Brown I'm a Fan of Earl Brown 20 fans permalink
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Bogus Huffpost! I dont want to register with nytimes just to read an article.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:11 AM on 07/13/2009
- TigersEye I'm a Fan of TigersEye 55 fans permalink
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That's bizarre, I didn't have to register (the article just came up).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:26 PM on 07/13/2009
- lillibelle I'm a Fan of lillibelle 61 fans permalink
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Me, too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:44 PM on 07/13/2009
- CentralVA I'm a Fan of CentralVA 10 fans permalink

Great article. Thanks for the link.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 PM on 07/12/2009
- doodlebug2 I'm a Fan of doodlebug2 4 fans permalink

Whales are great, I've seen them at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Winter. Good article.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:21 PM on 07/12/2009
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"...whales sent into suicidal dashes toward the ocean’s surface to escape the madness-inducing echo chamber that we humans have made of their sound-sensitive habitat. But since the Canary Islands stranding in 2002, similar necropsy results have turned up with a number of beached whales, and the deleterious effects of sonar and other human-generated sounds on ocean ecosystems have been firmly establishe­d."

The military does need to consider the proximity of whales, they obviously have the technology to do so.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:13 PM on 07/12/2009
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