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This Mysterious Whale Can Hold Its Breath Longer Than Any Other Mammal
The rest of the dives were shorter and shallower, lacking any evidence of hunting. The function of …
Leslie Baehr
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A Rare Saber-Toothed Whale Washed Ashore In California
The carcass was identified as a saber-toothed whale - formally named Stejneger's beaked whale - but…
Kelly Dickerson
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A group of fishermen netted a $1.5 million whale-vomit windfall after dredging up a 280-pound hunk of the stuff
Ambergris is also known as "floating gold" and is produced in a sperm whale's digestive system. It'…
Cheryl Teh
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DNA Analysis Makes The Giant Squid Even More Mysterious
The researchers also think this might mean that the squid's populations could have expanded rapidly…
Jennifer Welsh
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Some high-end perfumes use a rare type of whale poop that costs more than silver
In some cases, lucky beachgoers will stumble upon it. In 2006, for example, a couple picked up a 32…
David Anderson,Benji Jones
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A pregnant sperm whale was found dead with nearly 50 pounds of plastic in its belly - the second such death in the last month
This is one of at least five whales that have died from plastics around the world in the last two y…
Aylin Woodward,Associated Pre…
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Why giant squid, the once mythical kraken of the deep, are still mystifying scientists 150 years after they were discovered
Most of what the world has learned about the gargantuan creature, which can grow up to 40 feet long…
James Pasley,James Pasley
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The first ice cream recipe called for an ingredient made of whale feces
Feces build up behind it. The whale's gastrointestinal system responds by increasing water absorpti…
Dave Mosher
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A professor trying to solve the death of a beached sperm whale ended up discovering 21 pounds of whale vomit worth half a million dollars
Ambergris, found in around one in 100 sperm whales, is a rare substance that's valued in the perfum…
Matthew Loh
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Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian's 'vocal fry' to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists
To make such a loud vocal fry, the whales use a previously unknown structure in their nose that byp…
Marianne Guenot
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Russia seems to be locking down its spy whales 4 months after one may have defected to Norway with a GoPro harness
The new location of the marine pens is near a Russian submarine base that primarily conducts underw…
David Choi
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The partial skeleton of an ancient whale shows it could've weighed nearly as much as a Boeing 747, making it one of the heaviest animals ever
Researchers found the fossil of new species of ancient whale, Perucetus colossus. It could have wei…
Jenny McGrath
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Awesome Photos Of Models Swimming With Whale Sharks
Surprisingly, this shoot was one of his least dangerous stunts, even though the models were swimmin…
Megan Willett
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Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct
The adorable long-beaked echidna is a rare type of egg-laying mammal that had eluded scientists for…
Sonam Sheth,Maiya Focht
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Acura is heading for some radical changes
"The Acura Precision Concept is more than simply a concept vehicle, it is a design study model that…
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Dogwalker Finds Rare Whale Barf Worth Up To $150,000
Upon returning home he looked the object up online and realised that Madge may have found ambergris…
The Telegraph
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After Pfizer, AstraZeneca plans to test COVID-19 vaccine combinations with Russia’s Sputnik V developers
AstraZeneca, which is currently developing a COVID-19 vaccine with Oxford University, has announced…