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Blue Whale Hires New General Manager  -  16 Nov 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 15, 2008 – Mark runs the show at Blue Whale. A local man with a level of dedication and commitment sure to pull in the prize

Revving to the rescue  -  16 Nov 2008
Wanganui Chronicle,...told invited guests at Saturday's christening and blessing that the new boat "had a longer gestation period than a blue whale or an elephant".

Whale struck by cargo ship seen being consumed by sharks off L.A.  -  Nov 11, 2008
Los Angeles Times,You may recall the above photo showing what was originally described as a blue whale carcass pinned to the bow of a cargo ship bound for Long Beach Harbor.

Assembling whale skeleton a giant task  -  Nov 14, 2008
South Coast Today,...only slightly smaller than KOBO, the adolescent blue whale for whom this room was built, wouldn't put an unsafe load on the structure.

Toy Helicopters Hover Over Whales to Monitor Health (Update1)  -  Nov 12, 2008
BloombergThe blue whale is categorized as ``endangered,'' the second- highest degree of threat for a species in the wild. Gray whales are listed as ``least concern.

The animals and plants we cannot live without  -  Nov 15, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Plankton provides food for some of the smallest and biggest animals on the planet, including the Blue Whale. Here we examine the contenders in detail and

How many blue whales visited OC this year?  -  Nov 7, 2008
OCRegister,With the blue whale season at a close, a Dana Point charter boat has reported another healthy year for the largest mammal on Earth. "We had a great season;

SRI LANKA POISED TO BECOME A GLOBAL HOT SPOT FOR WHALE WATCHING  -  Oct 28, 2008
Eye of Dubai (press release),Ms. Al Mansoori noted that Sri Lanka is the most reliable and easiest location in which to see the Blue Whale, the largest animal that has ever inhabited

Whale-watching: tails from South Africa  -  Oct 29, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,...on the market including kayaking with killer whales off Vancouver Island, swimming with humpback whales in Tonga and blue whale watching in Sri Lanka.

On the Waterfront: Cargo ship kills whale  -  Oct 20, 2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram,..."Even a creature as gigantic as a blue whale doesn't stand a chance against a speeding container ship that's longer than a couple of football fields and

A sad ending for 46-foot fin whale struck by ship  -  Oct 22, 2008
Los Angeles Times,It is the first such incident since last September, when a 70-foot blue whale was brought into Long Beach Harbor in the same macabre position.

Between the Lines: True tales of whales  -  Nov 3, 2008
Sacramento Bee,Given that the blue was hunted to the verge of extinction in the early 20th century, one of his observations has particular resonance: "The blue whale's

Six children’s books to delight young readers  -  Nov 5, 2008
Fort Worth Star Telegram,...(Ages 12 and older) In about a half-dozen examples, this droll book shows how a punctuation mark can mean the difference between a blue-whale expert,

National Geographic opens whale exhibit  -  Oct 22, 2008
The Canadian Press,It features a nearly 20-metre sperm whale skeleton and a model of a blue whale's heart that visitors can crawl through. Susan Norton, director of the

Whale carcass arrives at Qld Museum  -  Nov 4, 2008
ABC Online,By Sarah West The carcass of a 14-metre baby blue whale that died off the coast of Townsville last month has been delivered to the Queensland Museum in

The Log Contributor Receives Volunteer of the Year Award  -  Oct 30, 2008
The Log Newspaper,Writer Catherine French, a regular contributor to The Log, was awarded the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Volunteer of the Year Blue Whale Award 2008 by

News from around the world  -  Nov 4, 2008
Los Angeles Times,18, features a nearly 60-foot sperm whale skeleton and a model of a blue whale's heart that visitors can crawl through. The Cumberland Sound Ferry Service

Ningaloo Marine Park  -  Nov 10, 2008
The West Australian,Some of the fauna found in Ningaloo Marine Park is protected; the blue whale, southern right whale and loggerhead turtle are listed as endangered,

A bittersweet end to Yachats love story  -  Nov 13, 2008
The Register-Guard,By practically everyone around here but Don Lindsley, who owns the LeRoy’s Blue Whale restaurant in town and lives in Waldport.

Win tickets to spectacular ice show 'Finding Nemo' at the NIA  -  Oct 21, 2008
Sunday Mercury,Audiences are sure to be in awe as the extraordinary size of the ocean is conveyed with the help of a life-size blue whale and the animated world 'down

Quigley Honored at Hamilton Dinner  -  Nov 14, 2008
CU Columbia Spectator,By Jacob Schneider Surrounded by dolphins and overshadowed by a giant blue whale, Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley accepted the Alexander Hamilton Medal

Ah she blows  -  Nov 12, 2008
Yachting Monthly,It's not an easy task asking a blue whale to stick its tongue out and say 'Ah', so now scientists, trying to determine whales' health, are capturing the

Finding Nemo proves to be spectacular show on ice at the NIA  -  Nov 8, 2008
Sunday Mercury,Crush the ‘cool dude’ giant sea turtle, a frighteningly realistic angler fish and an almost life size shark and a 43ft long Blue whale all glide across the

QE2 leaves NY for the last time  -  Oct 25, 2008
Sarnia Observer,It features a nearly 20-metre sperm whale skeleton and a model of a blue whale's heart that visitors can crawl through. Susan Norton, director of the

Brazil's list of endangered animals swells  -  Nov 4, 2008
MSNBCAmong the 489 species added to the list are the blue whale, the albatross and the northeastern uru, a sort of wild chicken. The new list names 627 creatures

Over-the-top pet accessories like $900 dog bowl appeal to some ...  -  Oct 23, 2008
The Canadian Press,For about $15, Macy - whose tireless jaws destroy all chew toys - could gut an endangered blue whale while listening its calming call.

Court sides with Navy in dispute over sonar and whales  -  Nov 12, 2008
CNNAn endangered blue whale surfaces off the coast of Southern California in July. At issue in the 5-4 ruling was whether the Navy's need to conduct exercises

Lunch Weekly for Monday, November 3  -  Nov 3, 2008
Publishers Lunch Deluxe,Rick Chesler's WIRED KINGDOM, in reality TV gone too far, a webcam mounted on a blue whale allows millions to witness a brutal murder;

Republicans live hard in New England  -  Nov 9, 2008
The Free Lance-Star,..."Big tent" politics are usually cheered, but ideological acceptability in New England fits in a pup tent with enough room left over to sleep a blue whale.

Visiting not so lost worlds  -  Oct 30, 2008
Lynchburg News and Advance,It’s an Eobalaenoptera, ancestor of today’s blue whale. Eobalaenoptera lived 14 million years ago when much of eastern Virginia was at the bottom of a

Teaching About Nonfiction with Picture Books  -  Oct 29, 2008
Scholastic News,From a tiny flea to the mammoth blue whale, the animals in this book[Biggest, Strongest, Fastest] set records for being the biggest or the smallest,

15th annual food drive continues  -  Nov 11, 2008
Outer Banks Sentinel,They are: Our Lady of the Seas Parish Hall in Buxton (24-hr. drop-off box on porch) The Blue Whale in Salvo (7 am-8 pm through Nov.

In New York without a ticket  -  Nov 7, 2008
Pasadena Star-News,The humongous blue whale suspended from the ceiling? Nope. It was because he wanted to see the set from one of his favorite movies, "Night at the Museum,"

Peace gives wildlife a chance  -  Nov 1, 2008
The Times,Seeing a wild dog hunting in the mopane veld in Africa is equivalent to, say, seeing a blue whale in the middle of the Pacific. You just don’t believe it is

Briefs: Put Charleston, SC, on your cities-to-see list  -  Oct 25, 2008
Tampabay.com,It features a nearly 60-foot sperm whale skeleton and a model of a blue whale's heart that visitors can crawl through. It will be on view in Washington

Birmingham prepares for Nemo and friends with the return of Disney ...  -  Nov 4, 2008
Sunday Mercury,The extraordinary size of the ocean is conveyed with the help of a life-size blue whale and the professional skaters and ice-dancers perfectly emulate life

Wine Tours and Fall Foliage Close At Hand  -  Oct 21, 2008
Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers,Watch for the iconic Blue Whale to your left as you leave Catoosa and, if you time it right, you can work in a tour of the JM Davis Arms & Historic Museum

Nemo’sa blade stunner  -  Oct 31, 2008
BirminghamMail.net,But for my son, the most memorable scene was when the 43 foot long blue whale – which takes up almost half of the ice – appears to swallow up Marlin and

Wild Neighbors: How Brainy Should a Raccoon Be?  -  Nov 6, 2008
Berkeley Daily Planet,If you plotted brain/body ratios for every mammalian species from pygmy shrew to blue whale, an animal whose values just fit the curve would have an EQ of

Brazilian extinction risk grows  -  Nov 5, 2008
International Animal Rescue,Among the species added to the list, which now totals 637, are the blue whale, the albatross and the north-eastern uru. News brought to you by International

COOEC expects to install Ledong next year  -  Nov 11, 2008
EnergyCurrent,COOEC recently completed the installation of a central processing platform in the Ledong gas field using its newly delivered heavylift vessel Blue Whale.

SAS weathers financial storm  -  Oct 28, 2008
News & Observer,Its database also helps the organization predict whether a donor will respond best to an image of a polar bear, a panda or a blue whale.

Born to Blog? Meet The New Social Networking Sites For Kids  -  Oct 28, 2008
Mediapost.com,Lil'Grams: This microblogging site - dubbed "twittering for toddlers" - comes from new father and entrepreneur Greg Narain of Blue Whale Labs.

Purple Rain  -  Oct 27, 2008
London Informer,What was more; there was a hole in my shoe the size of a blue whale. Then a building caught my eye that I had never seen before.

Planet Earth Monopoly  -  Oct 25, 2008
Green Muze,...custom pewter tokens featuring animals seen in this incredible Planet Earth series: Elephant, Kangaroo, Penguin, Polar Bear, Blue Whale and Amur Leopard.

Puppet Show Celebrates Marine Life  -  Oct 24, 2008
Ventura County Star,...and her dream comes true during her first visit to Anacapa Island where she talks to a crab, a lobster, a fish, a shark, a blue whale and a bald eagle.

Preservationists hit Kansas, Oklahoma stops along the Mother Road  -  Oct 23, 2008
Joplin Globe,Kaisa Barthuli, deputy program manager for the National Park Service’s Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, said the group made stops at the Blue Whale,

DARWIN YOUTH ORCHESTRA?S 2008 Gala Concert: A Celebration of The ...  -  Oct 23, 2008
Charles Darwin University,...composer Cathy Applegate, Symphony No 2 by Sibelius, Villanesca by Granados, the Serenade by Matthias and Blue Whale Dreaming by Richard Charlton.

Guest Commentary  -  Oct 22, 2008
Tucson Weekly,Weighing in at 10 ounces, the Voter Guide is truly the blue whale of junk mail! Ninety-three pages long (not counting a baker's dozen of lined pages for

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