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Dead, Frozen Whale Buried at NJ Beach After Removal Proved Too Difficult
A New Jersey beach is the final resting place for a 15-ton whale whose lifeless body washed ashore on Christmas day. State and local officials used heavy equipment to bury the 31-foot male humpback whale on a beach Monday morning. The whale was frozen solid and could not be cut into pieces for removal, as is commonly done in other…
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CT Fishing Captain Recounts Seeing Several Whales on Long Island Sound
A Connecticut fishing captain is sharing his once-in-a-lifetime sighting—he saw several whales on the Long Island Sound. When Captain Joe Diorio set out from Old Lyme Wednesday on a fishing charter, a whale was the last thing he expected to see… until it happened. “Basically I just see this huge whale come right out of the water. I was like...
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Connecticut Fishing Captain Spots Several Whales Off Long Island Sound
A Connecticut fishing captain spotted several whales of the coast in the Long Island Sound.
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Young Whales Looking to Dine Flock to Waters Off NYC
If you’re young and hungry, the place to go is New York City — even if you weigh 25 tons and have a blowhole. Whale watch captains and scientists around America’s most populous city say recent years have seen a tremendous surge in the number of whales observed in the waters around the Big Apple. Many of the whales are…
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‘Ship Strikes' Killing Whales Despite Govt. Program to Slow Down Vessels
Ships are hitting and killing whales off the California coast at some of the highest rates in more than a decade, according to data obtained and tabulated by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. The spike in ‘ship strikes’ comes despite a 5-year government initiative to slow down vessels as they make their way into San Francisco Bay.
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In Their Shoes: Whale of a Job at Mystic Aquarium
The assistant curator at Mystic Aquarium talks about the fun she has at her job and why the aquarium’s mission is so important.