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Rare whale saved at Walvis Bay  -  Jan 19, 2010
The NamibianA RARE pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) got stranded just south of the ... The pygmy right whale is one of the least-known whales in the world. ...

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, ...  -  May 10, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldAn international team of scientists is trying to unlock some of the secrets of the pygmy right whale at a New Zealand museum. ...

Tas: Plastic found in whale post-mortem | Article from AAP General...  -  Nov 20, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam ResearchGovernment marine officer Isabel Beasley on Thursday said a post-mortem on an adult Pygmy Right Whale ... AAP General News (Australia) ...

Autopsy finds plastic in whale  -  Nov 20, 2008
NEWS.com.auGovernment marine officer Isabel Beasley said a post-mortem on an adult Pygmy Right Whale washed up on Tasmania's east coast found two plastic caps inside ...

"Weird" Pygmy Whale Dissected  -  May 7, 2008
National GeographicA young pygmy right whale that stranded itself in New Zealand has given scientists a rare chance to study the little-known species. ...

14 Amazing Facts about Whales From breaching to stranding  -  Oct 17, 2007
SoftpediaThe smallest baleen whale is the Pygmy Right Whale, 6 m (20 ft) long and 3 tons heavy. The largest toothed whale is the sperm whale, which can reach 18 m ...

right whale (mammal) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 15, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) was considered a close relative of the bowhead and northern right whale but has been reclassified to a family of ...

Whale that got lost and swam up Amazon river found dead  -  Nov 21, 2007
HinduThe minke whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale. The International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee estimates ...

Ancient whale broke all the rules  -  Aug 16, 2006
ABC Online - ABC OnlineThe smallest living baleen whale, the pygmy right whale, is normally around 7 metres long, Fitzgerald says. "This is something completely new. ...

Whale stranded again in Amazon  -  Nov 18, 2007
USA TODAY - USA TodayThe minke whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale. The International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee estimates ...

Weekend Post: Lifestyle Feature  -  Sep 27, 2008
Weekend PostOther whales that can be seen in the bay are the Bryde's whale, Pygmy Right whale, Minke whale and Humpback. After a mad scramble for photographs and having ...

Stranded whale rescued  -  Sep 14, 2006
NEWS.com.auResponding to a call from a concerned beach-goer, wildlife officers found the three-and-a-half metre pygmy right whale in waters at Cheyne Beach about 2pm ...

Whale Swims up Amazon Tributary  -  Nov 16, 2007
National GeographicWith an average length of about 23 feet (7 meters), minkes are the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale. ...

Discovery News : Discovery Channel  -  May 14, 2008
Discovery NewsMay 14, 2008 -- While dissecting a pygmy right whale at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, scientists there discovered that the creature possessed ribs ...

Tas: Plastic found in whale post-mortem | Article from AAP General...  -  Nov 20, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam ResearchPygmy Right Whale washed up on Tasmania's east coast found two plastic caps inside its stomach. The plastic tops were about four centimetres in diameter, ...

Antarctica :: Sea life -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe pygmy right whale is endemic to Antarctic and subantarctic waters. The killer whale, one of the most intelligent of marine animals, hunts in packs and ...

FOR EX-FSU PROF, RARE RAT IS THE FIND OF A LIFETIME: A quest …  -  Jun 16, 2006
Free with registration - Miami Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comThe others -- the marsupial mole, the pygmy right whale, the Yangtze River dolphin, the solenodon (a shrew-like Caribbean rodent), the shrew opossum and the ...

Whales' Records Hippopotamuses of the seas  -  Mar 16, 2007
SoftpediaThe smallest baleen whale is the Pygmy Right Whale, 6 m (20 ft) long and 3 tons in weight. The largest toothed whale is the sperm whale, whose male can be ...

The world's weirdest whale  -  Jul 5, 2008
Stuff.co.nzDubbed the "world's weirdest whale," by an international team of scientists at Te Papa, a pygmy right whale is sized up by Joy Reidenberg, of New York, ...

Scavengers slice jawbone from washed-up whale  -  May 31, 2007
Northern AdvocateA second whale, a 2.2m pygmy right whale, was discovered at Omamari Beach on Tuesday. Ms Honnor said although the baby whale had a piece of baleen plate ...

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 71606 Incidental Takes of Marine …  -  Nov 25, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - Loislaw...coastal 756 Uncommon 3 1 3 0.12 Pygmy right whale Coastal, oceanic 0 Common 3 1 3 N.A. Minke whale Pelagic, coastal 155000 Rare in Jan. ...

EPA monitors stranded minke  -  Aug 29, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),The minke whale is one of the two smallest baleen whales, the other being the pygmy right whale. They have a slender and very streamlined body with a narrow

Whale found stranded 1600km from ocean  -  Nov 16, 2007
The Age,The creature reportedly is a minke whale, the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale, with an average length of about seven metres

Wayward whale that swam up Amazon found dead  -  Nov 21, 2007
USA TodayThe minke whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale. The International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee estimates



Stranded whale rescued  Sep 13, 2006
Responding to a call from a concerned beach-goer, wildlife officers found the three-and-a-half metre pygmy right whale in waters at Cheyne Beach about 2pm (WST ... - NEWS.com.au, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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