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Pygmy Sperm Whale Rescued Off Fla. Keys - Feb 24, 2008 FOXNewsKEY LARGO, Fla. — A pygmy sperm whale found stranded off the Florida Keys was in critical condition at a rehabilitation center on Sunday. ... Beached sperm whale dies in firth - Aug 6, 2008 BBC NewsA whale which became beached in shallow water on a shoreline near Inverness has died, coastguards have confirmed. The 40ft adult male sperm whale was first ... 30-foot sperm whale carcass buried on beach - Apr 11, 2007 ESPNAP — April 11, 2007. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — After three days of alleged poaching attempts, the carcass of a 30-foot sperm whale was buried on the beach ... Dead sperm whale moved from beach - Dec 14, 2006 BBC NewsThe massive body of a sperm whale washed up on a Scottish beach has been disposed of. Moray Council, which has been co-ordinating the removal of the 43ft ... Baby sperm whale euthanized after beaching - Jul 30, 2005 MLive.comAP. BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A newborn sperm whale beached itself Saturday and was euthanized by a veterinarian after a five-hour fight to save its life. ... Diving guide's special bond with sperm whale captured on camera - Feb 3, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukA diving guide has formed special bond with a colossal sperm whale which allows him to swim alongside him. Spectacular images taken last weekend near the ... Sperm whale stuck on rocks on Northumberland coast dies - Jan 25, 2010 BBC NewsA 10m (32ft) sperm whale has died after becoming stranded on rocks on the Northumberland coast. The mammal, which experts think weighed about 20 tonnes, ... Jumbo Squid, Sperm Whale Study Reveals How the Giant Creatures … - Mar 12, 2007 National GeographicFor the first time ever, researchers have electronically tagged sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexico's Pacific Coast to learn more ... New Zealand: Whale-watching company wins Virgin Holidays … - Nov 11, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukUnlike the humpback, the sperm whale is not given to displays of tail slapping ... A sperm whale resurfaces only for long enough to replenish its air supply ... Aged sperm whale dies on Fujian shore - Jan 17, 2008 央视国际A sperm whale has been found washed up on a shore in east China's Fujian province. The whale was one of an endangered species under state protection. ... Philip Hoare's top 10 whale tales - Feb 15, 2009 The GuardianThe Natural History of the Sperm Whale by Thomas Beale. Beale was a trained surgeon who sailed on a British whale ship to the south seas in the 1830s, ... Whale skeleton vs cow brain at Turner art prize - Oct 6, 2009 Reuters UKBy Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - The skeleton of a sperm whale is competing ... "Leviathan Edge" (2009) is a partial skeleton of a male sperm whale ... Chilean Mystery Blob Identified as Sperm Whale Skin - Jan 24, 2010 National GeographicSteven Webster, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, thought that the blob was a whale skin when he first looked at the images and ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 16, 2008 National GeographicNairobi, Kenya, January 16, 2008 A supporter of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga jumps victoriously on a burned car after he and fellow supporters set ... Leviathan, Thy Bounty Made Nantucket Shine - Sep 2, 2005 New York TimesAnother section displays the skeleton of a 47-foot-long sperm whale. "This is the whale that put Nantucket on the map," Mr. Parker said, referring to the ... To have a whale of a time - Apr 14, 2006 The HinduThe smallest whale is the Dwarf Sperm Whale that reaches up to 8.5 feet long. ... The deepest diver among whales is the Sperm Whale that goes as deep as ... Sixth sperm whale dead on WA beach - Oct 25, 2006 NEWS.com.auA SIXTH sperm whale has been spotted dead on a beach on the southern coast of Western Australia. The sighting comes a day after five dead sperm whales were ... RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale - Jan 26, 2010 National GeographicA female sperm whale, carrying a piece of giant squid in her mouth, leads a gargantuan dinner party in the northwestern Pacific on October 15, 2009. ... This one's a tiddler: sperm whale skull joins museum's outsize... - Sep 1, 2007 Times OnlineLONDON A 12ft-long sperm whale skull that has been donated to science is twice as long as the researchers who will study it, but a mere tiddler among its ... Beached sperm whale euthanized in Florida - Aug 19, 2009 UPI.comJUPITER, Fla., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A 4000-pound sperm whale was euthanized in Jupiter, Fla., after the beached animal was deemed too weak to survive in the ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 16, 2008 National GeographicMargram, India, January 16, 2008 Indian health workers in West Bengal state dispose of sacks of slaughtered chickens part of a desperate attempt to curb the ... RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale - Jan 20, 2010 National GeographicEating on the run, a female sperm whale carries the remains of a giant squid off the Bonin Islands, about 621 miles (1000 kilometers) south of Tokyo, ... The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 14, 2006 - Dead sperm whale found to be … - Sep 14, 2006 Irish TimesSligo County Council says it is still "reviewing all options" in relation to the future of the 14 metre sperm whale which died some hours after it beached ... Sperm Whale "Voices" Used to Gauge Whales' Sizes - Dec 29, 2009 National GeographicTo find out, Wahlberg and his team ventured to the arctic waters north of Norway during summer 2000 to measure the sounds from a group of male sperm whales ... Man charged in sperm whale teeth trading - Oct 17, 2008 San Francisco ChronicleA man was charged in federal court in San Francisco Thursday with illegally importing teeth from sperm whales that were used for art, court records show. ... Sperm whale found dead off Zamboanga - Jul 25, 2007 GMA news.tvA sperm whale was found dead at an island off Zamboanga City last weekend, but it was only Tuesday that fishery experts managed to identify it. ... Giant sperm whale saved from death's door - Aug 1, 2005 Independent OnlineManila - Fishermen rescued a seven-metre sperm whale off the central Philippine island of Bohol after finding the giant mammal drifting with several bullet ... RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale - Jan 1, 2010 National GeographicOctober 29, 2009--Carrying the remains of a roughly 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid in her jaws, a female sperm whale, with a calf at her side, swims near the ... It was a pygmy sperm whale - Jan 22, 2009 AsiaOneKUALA TERENGGANU: A beached marine animal found by a jogger on Tuesday evening has been identified as an endangered pygmy sperm whale. ... Whale bones turn up at Matagorda Island - Feb 20, 2008 Houston ChronicleSperm whale — The most common large whale in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Pygmy sperm whale — A handful of the 8-10-foot whales reported found stranded along the ... Fisherman Dies In Whale Rescue Attempt - Mar 13, 2007 CBS NewsLocal Japanese fishermen are caught on tape trying to save a sperm whale that ... This image of a sperm whale was taken aboard a Japanese ship near Erimo ... Death of beach sperm whale will lead to research. - Jul 26, 2006 Free with registration - Miami Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comJul. 26--Marine mammal experts took a small sample this morning from the body of the sperm whale that was beached off the coast of Big Pine Key, ... On Nantucket, a whale of a museum - Sep 18, 2005 Boston GlobeThe hanging sperm whale skeleton was a creature that washed up on a Nantucket beach in 1998. Another stunning item is an enormous beam press, which was used ... RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale - Jan 23, 2010 National GeographicPart of a sperm whale's catch--a giant squid--drifts free in one of the rare pictures captured in the Pacific on October 15, 2009. ... Sperm whale pod beached on Italian shore; 5 die - Dec 11, 2009 msnbc.comVincenzo Maizzi / AP. ROME - A pod of sperm whales beached on Italy's southern coast and at least five died in what experts said Saturday was a rare and ... Scientists probe dead Clayoquot sperm whale - Apr 14, 2008 Canada.comPathologists are now picking apart tissue samples to determine the cause of death of a massive sperm whale that washed ashore on a remote stretch of ... Week in Photos: Owl Invades Football Match, Portuguese Bull Run, More - Jun 7, 2007 National GeographicThe sperm whale, weighing on average 40 tons, is the largest toothed whale on the planet. Whalers hunted the species almost to extinction for its spermaceti ... The awesome appeal of the flying giant - Jun 19, 2006 Daily MailA bull sperm whale could smashing a boat to matchwood with a flick of its tail. Usually peaceful, these whales could be ferocious when baited. ... Sperm whale found dead at beach - Oct 30, 2009 BBC NewsA 40ft-long (13m) sperm whale has been found dead at Balmedie Beach in Aberdeenshire. The mammal - thought to weigh about 40 tonnes - was reported washed up ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 21, 2010 National GeographicThe 52-foot (16-meter) whale was found stranded on the shore. Local fishers believe the animal had been carried here by currents after swimming through the ... Baby sperm whale strands on beach, is euthanized . - Aug 1, 2005 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveBOCA RATON A new— born sperm whale beached it self Saturday and was eutha nized by a veterinarian after a five-hour fight to save its life. ... Sperm whale spotted swimming in Highland bay is 'too big to rescue' - Aug 4, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Auslan Cramb. A whale spotted swimming in circles in a Highland bay is so large that wildlife experts say they will be unable to help if it becomes ... THE NATION; IN BRIEF / MASSACHUSETTS; Pregnant Sperm Whale … - Jun 13, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverA pregnant pygmy sperm whale was euthanized after washing up in shallow waters off Cape Cod, marine experts said. Experts were investigating whether the ... Beached sperm whale dies after failed rescue - Jan 23, 2009 The GuardianA bid to rescue a rare sperm whale stranded at the mouth of the Humber Estuary ended in failure over the weekend. The 4m (14ft) animal was found beached and ... Baby sperm whale strands on beach, is euthanized . - Aug 1, 2005 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveBOCA RATON A new— born sperm whale beached it self Saturday and was eutha nized by a veterinarian after a five-hour fight to save its life. ... Ailing whale euthanized on Texas coast - Jun 11, 2008 msnbc.comA 30-foot-long sperm whale beaches itself on Tuesday near Port Aransas, Texas. The whale was euthanized after rescuers concluded it was too sick to be sent ... Jumbo Squid, Sperm Whale Study Reveals How the Giant Creatures … - Jan 18, 2010 National GeographicBut little else is known about the two animals, because they live at such great ocean depths. Both creatures spend much of their lives in the ocean's ... A FLUKE DEATH; WHALE FLIPS 2-TON BOAT & KILLS RESCUER - Mar 15, 2007 Pay-Per-View - New York Post - ProQuest ArchiverSEA DRAMA:A fishing boat is launched into the air and the crew hurtles into the sea off Japan, shortly after they tried to nudge a 50-foot sperm whale ... Rare whale dies after beaching on Nantucket - Jul 31, 2009 Boston GlobeA rare dwarf sperm whale, measuring 7 feet and weighing about 400 pounds, washed up on the ... The dwarf sperm whale is the smallest whale in the world, ... Pregnant sperm whale euthanized on Cape . - Jun 13, 2006 Bangor Daily News - Google News ArchiveAP . DENNIS, Mass. - A pygmy sperm whale that was eutha nized after washing up in shal low waters off Cape Cod was pregnant and nearly full term, ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 13, 2008 National GeographicNew York City, New York, January 13, 2008 The three Cunard Lines "queens" from left, the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria, and the Queen Elizabeth 2 sail ... Beached whale expected to die - Oct 24, 2005 News24Port Elizabeth - A 17m long sperm whale beached off Ngqura harbour in Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, at the weekend was expected to die "within the next two hours ... America's great white hope - Salon.com - Aug 22, 2007 SalonConsider the sperm whale, "the whale's whale," as one chapter heading in ... As Thomas Jefferson noted, the sperm whale "is an active, fierce animal and ... In this file photo, a sperm whale calf swims next to its mother ... -... - May 26, 2009 Yahoo! NewsIn this file photo, a sperm whale calf swims next to its mother and a pod of sperm whales June 15, 2001, about four miles off the coast of the Agat Marina ... Whales out-dive dolphins, towering clouds darken skies - Jan 21, 2005 USA TODAY - USA TodayThe sperm whale may also be the deepest diving mammal (although the elephant seal may tie for ... The sperm whale can dive better than a mile (1.6 km) down. ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 14, 2008 National GeographicMutarara, Mozambique, January 14, 2008 A woman and child wade through floodwaters in Mutarara's Tete district on January 9, 2008, in a photo released by ... Mattapoisett couple reconstructs giant skeletons for museums bone by ... - Aug 27, 2006 Boston GlobeThe couple assembled for the New Bedford museum a sperm whale in 2005 and an adolescent blue whale in 2001. Michael Moore, a biologist at Woods Hole ... Add a personal message:(80 character limit) - Jan 24, 2010 Boston GlobeThe names we have for whales - sperm whale, right whale, or humpback whale ... Then Whitehead goes even further - a sperm whale might also then question its ... Time runs out for beached whale - Apr 27, 2007 BBC NewsTime is running out for a 45ft sperm whale which has become trapped on a ... In December, a 43ft dead sperm whale washed up on a Moray beach in Scotland. ... Article: Divorce drags everyone under; 'The Squid and the Whale'... - Nov 4, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam Research...sperm whale, giant squid) National Wildlife; October 1, 1999 ; 700+ words ... ... species. In fact, squid (giant and otherwise ... of the sperm whale's diet ... How whales outsmart fishing fleets - Mar 3, 2006 msnbc.comANCHORAGE, Alaska - Years ago, the sound of a boat sometimes spelled death for the heavily hunted sperm whale. Now, some of them have figured out, ... Stranded dwarf sperm whale rescued in southern Taiwan - Dec 5, 2009 eTaiwan NewsKaohsiung, Dec. 5 (CNA) An injured dwarf sperm whale stranded on a beach close to a military harbor in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, was rescued and ... Experts wait as lost whale faces death in shallows - Aug 5, 2008 ScotsmanThe other, a male sperm whale weighing an estimated 40 tonnes, ... Georgina Davies, a spokeswoman for the society, said: "The sperm whale is in very shallow ... Gray amber is the sperm whale's pearl - Nov 1, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Richmond Times - Dispatch - ProQuest ArchiverIt is said that if you get near a basking sperm whale, you can hear its stomach rumblings and loud burps. The whales feed on squid and cuttlefish, ... Dead sperm whale a scientific treasure 40-ton carcass dragged to … - Jun 7, 2006 Bangor Daily News - Google News ArchiveBY ABIGAIL CURTIS OF THE NEWS STAFF . TRENTON —the makeshift crew sharpened their flensing knives Tuesday afternoon, slathered on sunblock, and stepped into ... Whale's tooth from Darwin exhibition set to fetch £50,000 - Aug 12, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukIt is probably from the mouth of a sperm whale and after being scratched the scrimshander would rub in black soot from the oil lamps. ... Scientists capture images of sleeping whales - Feb 20, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukThe sperm whale behaviour we describe seems to allow normal-looking quiescent ... It also raises the possibility that the sperm whale - the largest toothed ... PRIZED CATCH HOLDS CENTER STAGE IN NEW MUSEUM - May 15, 2005 $2.95 - Boston Globe - NewsBank...(Spermaceti was a wax made from sperm whale oil.) ... The enormous sperm whale, with its abundant oil that helped fuel America's Industrial Revolution, ... There She Blew.(Leviathan)(Book review) - Jul 23, 2007 $4.95 - New Yorker - ECNextThe logistics of a small boat tugging a sperm whale in from the high seas are doubtful, Dolin points out, but, whatever its origins, offshore whaling was ... Woman struck by errant fire hose dies - Jan 29, 2010 Boston GlobeProsecutors said Manghis conspired with a Ukrainian national to smuggle large amounts of sperm whale ivory into the Untied States between 2002 and 2005. ... Kids? Maui Makes It Easy - Jul 28, 2006 New York TimesSqueezed inside a shopping mall but easy to spot (the sperm whale skeleton near the entrance helps), the museum pays tribute to an industry that flourished ... New snaps show sperm whale eating 30-foot giant squid - Oct 31, 2009 Daily News & AnalysisWASHINGTON: A photographer has captured on camera pictures of a 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid being eaten by a female sperm whale. ... STRANDED PYGMY WHALE, CALF DIE - Jun 8, 2005 $2.95 - The State - NewsBankIt is the first time a pygmy sperm whale has beached itself in ... Description: A smaller version of the sperm whale, its snout is pointed in young animals ... Vets Euthanize Sickly Whale - Jan 2, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Tampa Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverTAMPA - The sperm whale drifting in the shallows near the mouth of Tampa Bay looked ... Photo: A crowd watches as the carcass of a sperm whale is brought to ... Whale teeth trafficking may bring US charges - Apr 28, 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle Post IntelligencerSperm whale teeth are ivory and can measure up to 9 inches in length and 3 inches in diameter, Henry said. A big one is about the size of a 16-ounce bottle ... 2 men plead guilty to trafficking sperm whale teeth - Apr 27, 2007 phillyBurbs.comBy PATRICK WALTERS. AP. PHILADELPHIA - An antiques dealer and the former director of a whaling museum pleaded guilty Thursday to charges they illegally ... Whale exhibition lets you crawl through mighty mammal's heart - Oct 25, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh Post GazetteThe museum's "Search & Destroy" video lets you dive with a sperm whale, ... The highlight is a 58-foot articulated skeleton of a sperm whale, a skeleton Mr. ... Leviathan or, The Whale - Oct 19, 2008 The GuardianI hope I will not spoil it for you if I tell you that, off the coast of the Azores, where the water is two miles deep, our narrator swims with a sperm whale ... Stranded sperm whale fighting to survive.(Front) | Article from The … - Feb 25, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam ResearchStranded sperm whale fighting to survive.(Front) ... find The Virginian Pilot articles. The Associated Press KEY LARGO, Fla. A pygmy sperm whale found ... In for the kill, last of the ancient whalers - Mar 7, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldJust a few years ago, a sperm whale dragged a crew halfway to Timor before destroying ... Benjamin Kahn, a sperm whale expert in Cairns and head of APEX ... Nantucket Man Accused of Trafficking in Sperm Whale Teeth - Jun 1, 2009 Environment News ServiceBOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1, 2009 (ENS) - A Massachusetts antiques dealer has been charged in federal court in Boston with crimes related to the illegal ... Article: Embracing Chaos; An Inflatable Whale, an Autistic Boy and A ... - Jul 21, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchArticle: A Northernmost Record of Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) ... Aquatic Mammals; April 1, ... Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (de Blainville . ... Sperm whale found dead on beach near Trump estate - Oct 31, 2009 ScotsmanBy Craig Brown. A HUGE sperm whale was found dead on a beach near Donald Trump's Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire yesterday. ... Tests on whale - Herald Sun - Australia - Newstext - Jan 11, 2005 $2.50 - Herald Sun - News Limited AustraliaTHIS 10m sperm whale has died, but tests to be carried out on it may save others. Samples from its carcass, found on a Fleurieu Peninsula beach, ... Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge - Nov 20, 2008 Wired News1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman ... Last stranded whale on Perkins Island dies - Jan 26, 2009 UPI.com26 (UPI) -- The last surviving sperm whale stranded on an island off ... There have been 84 recorded sperm whale strandings in Tasmania since 1900, ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 12, 2010 Daily TimesThe skeleton of the sperm whale was found on Soneri Beach on 8 December 2005, ... The remains of the sperm whale were found on the west coast of the Sindh ... Photos: Baby sperm whale washes ashore in Outer Banks - Jul 1, 2008 Virginian-Pilot - Virginian PilotThe remains of a baby sperm whale estimated to be around 2-8 months old is on a beach Tuesday. (Chris Curry | The Virginian-Pilot) ... Ewan Morrison: 'I was lifted by a sperm whale with Britney, in bikini... - Jan 20, 2008 Scotland on SundayBRITNEY Spears and I have been saving each other's lives on and off for a few years now. The first time, I had just thrown myself from a transatlantic ocean ... Article: Sperm whale's carcass is buried on beach - Apr 12, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam Research...(AP) -- After three days of alleged poaching attempts, the carcass of a 30-foot sperm whale was buried on the beach where it washed ashore. ... Whale dies during rescue try ; It is rare for a whale to beach itself... - Jun 28, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Orlando Sentinel - ProQuest ArchiverSeaWorld's animal-care team members roll a 9-foot pygmy sperm whale on its side Tuesday by the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach so they can put a stretcher ... Rebirth of Sperm Whale - A Sperm Whale from Beimen, Tainan - Dec 26, 2008 å?°ç?£è‹±æ–‡æ–°è?ž - å?°ç?£è‹±æ–‡æ–°è?žSperm whales have very large, almost-square heads. The heads of mature males are typically one-third of their body length. Sperm whales have 20-26 pairs of ... Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare - Feb 12, 2009 The GuardianIndeed, Hoare's initial reaction on seeing a whale from a boat doesn't shift much when, later in the book, he dives in to swim with a sperm whale and ends ... Beached sperm whale dies off the coast of Chile - Sep 24, 2009 eTaiwan NewsAP. Regional fisheries service director Maria Soledad Tapia says the whale beached itself after a fishing net snagged its fin near the coastal city of ... Week in Photos: Sperm Whale Stranded, Ship Sinks, More - Jan 14, 2008 National GeographicOff Britain, January 14, 2008 A storm-damaged timber-carrying ship sinks in the English Channel, prompting worries over possible stray logs and oil slicks, ... Florida sperm whale died of heart failure . - Mar 2, 2008 Press Democrat - Google News ArchiveMIAMI — Preliminary re sults of a necropsy show that a pygmy sperm whale found stranded off the Florida Keys died of heart failure, marine mammal experts ... Rare pygmy sperm whale helped back to sea - Jan 21, 2009 Independent OnlineBy Caryn Dolley. She was "quite distraught" and thrashed around, apparently too terrified to accept the help being offered - the National Sea Rescue ... I've never felt my heart beat so fast the day I swam with Moby Dick - Sep 19, 2008 Daily MailThe eyes of a sperm whale are set at the side of its block-like head. ... The sperm whale is nature's submarine, able to supercharge its body with oxygen, ... The Week Ahead; Fictional story, real emotions - Oct 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverThe title for the film, which opens Friday, comes from the giant diorama at the American Museum of Natural History in New York of a sperm whale attacking a ... 'Thieving' sperm whale caught on CCTV - May 22, 2009 RegisterBy Lewis Page. Boffins working with Alaskan fishermen have used CCTV to capture unique video of a sperm whale attempting to scoff cod off fishing gear. ... When the Queen Is Away . . . - 06 Aug 2009 New York TimesSome of the gifts are quirkier, like three sperm whale teeth presented by the people of Fiji, or a vividly painted model bus, made of tin, presented by the Mrs. Bishop's hall of wonders - 06 Aug 2009 Honolulu WeeklyMost will remember the “big whaleâ€? most vividly, the massive sperm whale that has hung from the ceiling for many years. Others will remember the hale pili, Bill Clinton Cums Through--AGAIN! - 06 Aug 2009 The Spoof (satire)Former President William Jefferson Clinton, AKA the Sperm Whale, tickled Kim Jong Il "in just the right places," resulting in the pardoning of two US Dwarf sperm whale washes up on Nantucket shore - Jul 31, 2009 Boston GlobeA dwarf sperm whale washed up on Nantucket Wednesday and was taken to the New England Aquarium for a necropsy. (Eve Fraser-Corp for The Boston Globe) By Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare - Aug 1, 2009 guardian.co.ukIndeed, Hoare's initial reaction on seeing a whale from a boat doesn't shift much when, later in the book, he dives in to swim with a sperm whale and ends Emaciated whale washes ashore - Jul 30, 2009 Florida TodayFLORIDANA BEACH — An emaciated 10-foot-long pygmy sperm whale washed ashore here Thursday just as the sun Nantucket scrimshaw art losing its bite - Aug 1, 2009 Cape Cod TimesMichael Vienneau, owner of Scrimshander Gallery and a scrimshaw artist, holds a 1-pound antique sperm whale tooth that has a market value of $1500. Wildlife officials euthanize whale in Myrtle Beach - Jul 24, 2009 South Carolina NowCity crews and wildlife officials were called to 9th Avenue South after an injured pygmy sperm whale came ashore overnight. By Rusty Ray MYRTLE BEACH Joy, grief, altruism... these extraordinary mammals show 'human ... - Jul 30, 2009 Daily MailA harpooned sperm whale, for instance, would soon find its mates rushing to its aid, even if it resulted in their own death. It may even be that cetaceans Whale skeleton jigsaw constructed - Jul 21, 2009 BBC NewsThe skeleton of a 40ft sperm whale which beached on the island of Vaila off Shetland in 2000 has gone on permanent display in the islands. Whale washed up, has to be euthanized - Jul 24, 2009 WPDEAP Video By Joel Allen The female Pygmy Sperm Whale was discovered on the beach near 9th Avenue South early Friday morning. The whale was euthanized after a Vacationers save a whale - Jul 30, 2009 Zanesville Times RecorderOnline feedback and a little research revealed that the creature he and McDonald helped save was not a dolphin, but a 3 1/2-foot pygmy sperm whale. STORY/PHOTOS: Stranded, injured pygmy sperm whales put down after ... - Jul 11, 2009 MarconewsThe pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, is among the smallest of all whales. It isn't much larger than many dolphins, growing to about 10 feet. Queen Elizabeth ponders 'illegal' Commonwealth gifts on show - Jul 24, 2009 AFPDuring her preview tour, the 83-year-old sovereign questioned whether the sperm whale teeth should be on display, saying "only they're illegal now. Swimming without being swallowed - Jul 15, 2009 BBC NewsIt was a sperm whale. They're 65 feet long and have 42 huge ivory teeth. Sperm whales have been known to swallow humans whole. People are then killed by the The ocean's supernannies - Jul 22, 2009 TheChronicleHerald.caDalhousie University PhD student Shane Gero has discovered that sperm whale moms use regular babysitters to protect their calves against killer whales and Water, water everywhere and far too much to drink - Jul 30, 2009 Bexley TimesIf you are exceptionally lucky you spot the flute of the whale waving goodbye - I missed the Sperm Whale doing that but thanks to some expert photographers Giant squid invades San Diego — honest - Jul 16, 2009 Las Vegas SunIf I remember correctly, the giant squid usually fought a giant sperm whale at the end. Or a giant octopus. I can almost guarantee that as I write this, Photo by Rob Benchley - Jul 29, 2009 Nantucket IndependentNantucket (July 29, 2009) – Marine Mammal Stranding Team member Edie Ray takes a tissue sample from a six-foot ten-inch female pygmy sperm whale that washed New Zealand - Aug 3, 2009 The SouthernWhale-Watching in Kaikoura: When a mighty sperm whale flaps its tail at you, you won't forget it in a hurry. These big sea monsters come to this particular Strait flush for whale watchers - Jul 12, 2009 Stuff.co.nzForty-six humpback whales and one sperm whale were sighted during the four-week Cook Strait whale survey. The survey, which ended on Saturday, counts whales Back to Nature - Jul 13, 2009 Santa Monica Daily PressSperm whale's expel this waste, often weighing in excess of 485 pounds, into the ocean. Expelled ambergris is dark at first but a reaction with salt water Reacting to Acta: An Opinion Roundup - Jul 13, 2009 Washington Post...will find them in such countless numbers, and in gayer or more jovial spirits, than around a dead sperm whale, moored by night to a whaleship at sea. NZ Best Of The Best Travel Award Winners Announced - Jul 20, 2009 VoxyBest ocean adventure: Watching whales off Kaikoura: whale heaven, with a 95% success rate of seeing a sperm whale, humpback, blue whale or tiny Hector's A few things worth mentioning - Aug 1, 2009 Zanesville Times RecorderThis year, while vacationing with Keeshia McDonald, Rapol helped a police officer return a beached pygmy sperm whale to the ocean. Whales, dolphins, mantas spotted - Jul 15, 2009 Cay CompassAn 18–foot male calf sperm whale has also been reported; the animal was found dead on a shallow reef in Little Cayman in June. Members of the public have Ashley canes will be among museum gala's auction lots - Jul 24, 2009 SouthCoastToday.comThe event will be held around the Lagoda and in its new exhibit, "From Pursuit to Preservation" in the Sperm Whale Gallery. For tickets, which cost $125, Does divorce cause global warming? - Jul 30, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukThat's 2 bats dead and a sperm whale impotent because of climate change caused by the heating of the extra hot water you used') Someday maybe I will There are free lunches. But do you want them? - Jul 25, 2009 Toronto StarOrgiastic gluttony on this scale might give your average sperm whale a run for its money and, in any case, is not sustainable for man or crustacean. Back into the Wild - Jul 12, 2009 Edmonton SunThat episode is constructed around the real-life tale of the sinking of the Essex whaling ship by an outraged sperm whale, the inspiration for Moby Dick. Mystery DVD Club No 1: Gabriel - Jul 21, 2009 Den Of GeekWhere you start off looking up the films of George Romero and end up reading up on the size difference between a human and a sperm whale. Pete Bieling's retro thrill ride artwork at Morey's Pier is a ... - Jul 11, 2009 Philadelphia Daily NewsOff to the right, a teardrop runs down the eye of a smaller sperm whale, one of the many oddities Bieling hides in his work, along with with his Web site, GOP leader says health care overhaul ignores US has best ... - Jul 19, 2009 Gaea TimesA Giant Squid and a Sperm Whale. Yah. may1987 writing my paper on political parties go figure!!!! dbass777 These political parties are total BS. Capodoglio, la grande ricerca in Italia - Jul 23, 2009 La StampaIshmael è l'acronimo di Investigating Sperm whale Habitat in the MArine Environment of the Ligurian and Corsica seas. Un progetto che, ispirandosi al So monsters of the deep really could exist! - 25 Mar 2009 Portsmouth News...he also point to the discovery of a large serpent-like carcass inside the stomach of a sperm whale off the coast of Canada in 1937. Browse News Catagories: - 25 Mar 2009 MovieWebThe true story of a whaling ship stalked and destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Joining Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson in the infidelity thriller. Scientist, responding to killer whale sightings, says marine ... - Mar 19, 2009 al.comTo see a sperm whale, however, the best bet would be to head either straight south of the Mississippi River's mouth or just west of the Dry Tortugas, Harp seal, dead whale spotted at Surf City - Mar 10, 2009 StarNewsOnline.comBut biologists said the stranding of a small sperm whale and the sighting of a harp seal, both in Surf City, were likely just a coincidence. Mammal expert to talk whales - Mar 16, 2009 Press-Register - al.comThe endangered sperm whale, which can grow up to 60 feet. In 2007, federal scientists estimated that the sperm whale, nearly hunted to extinction in the Edward Zwick Directing Moby Dick-Like Heart of the Sea - Mar 3, 2009 First ShowingAfter the sperm whale attacked the "Essex", a handful of the crew managed to escape, but were subsequently lost at sea for 90 days. Jill Worrall leaves Timaru to take on the World - bringing ... - Mar 3, 2009 New Zealand HeraldWe'd found Tiaki - a male sperm whale that, together with several other males, has become a permanent summer resident in the canyon. New Stamp Issue – Release 23/03/09 - Whales & Dolphins - Mar 23, 2009 The IslanderLike other large whales, Sperm whale populations were decimated by whaling and the recovery from this is a slow process. They are now protected practically Whale’s journey ends - Mar 10, 2009 Siuslaw NewsState Highway Division crews used dynamite to blow up the remains of a 45-foot sperm whale that washed ashore about a mile south of the Siuslaw River. This week's winners and losers in the news - Mar 20, 2009 Statesman JournalState officials have learned from their infamous 1970 episode, when they tried to remove an 8-ton beached sperm whale south of Florence. Interest in marine mammal rescue sparked by Orca - Mar 17, 2009 Inverness CourierBy Val Sweeney WHEN Linda Nicholson received a telephone call one day last summer to say a large sperm whale had been spotted in shallow water near Avoch, Traditional Whalers Spurn Conservation Zone Plans - Mar 23, 2009 Jakarta GlobeSea in East Nusa Tenggara Province, which includes traditional waters in which villagers from Lamalera, on Lembata island, hunt sperm whale by hand. A new voice for indigenous people - Mar 16, 2009 New Straits TimesWhen a sperm whale is finally within range of the paledang (whaling boat), the Lamafa (harpooner) throws himself from the Hemelolo platform, Ben strikes it lucky with smelly find - Mar 11, 2009 Stuff.co.nzThe sticky, stinky lump of stuff turned out to be ambergris, a rare by-product from a sperm whale's stomach, used as an aphrodisiac and in perfume. Vintage Views: Back when making candles was a chore - Mar 20, 2009 Harwich OracleThe most desirable candles, however, were made from the sperm whale, the oil of which was also sold at Brooks store. Spermaceti candles burned the brightest Personal Best: Running for life and sarcoma - Mar 21, 2009 The San Francisco ExaminerSpecial to The Examiner SAN FRANCISCO – After being rammed by an 80-ton sperm whale, Nathalie Criou’s boat had capsized. Criou and her crew were delivering Summit Up - Mar 18, 2009 Summit Daily NewsAnd that’s too bad, because if they knew that it was, in reality, a biliary secretion of the intestines of the sperm whale meant to aid digestions, NZ giants to feature on stamps and coins - Mar 2, 2009 Otago Daily Times...reaching up to three metres in height. The $1 stamp features the first specimen of the colossal squid found in a sperm whale's stomach in 1925. The art of carving, as practiced by James Buttonow - Mar 17, 2009 27east.comMr. Buttonow and his brother Joe helped build the large sperm whale replica for Sag Harbor’s first Whalers Festival in 1963. Although the event was created Gold Derby nuggets: Campaigners crash after the Oscars | Did ... - Mar 3, 2009 Los Angeles Times...over the news that Ed Zwick will make another movie: "In the Heart of the Sea," based upon the destruction of the ship Essex by a sperm whale in 1820. Browse News Catagories: - Mar 6, 2009 MovieWebThe true story of a whaling ship stalked and destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Joining Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson in the infidelity thriller. Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ - Mar 13, 2009 Canada.comThe largest, from a sperm whale, is 70 kg (154 lb) and 1.7 metres (5.58 ft) long. The smallest, a hamster penis bone, is just 2 mm and must be viewed Mass stranding of whales, dolphins in Australia - Mar 3, 2009 Macau Daily TimesThat was the second-largest sperm whale stranding in Tasmania. The largest was in 1998 when 66 whales were stranded on Ocean Beach near Strahan in northwest Red List of endangered species 'inaccurate' claim conservationists - Mar 11, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukSimilar doubts surround the sperm whale and five other species of sea turtle, categorised as at risk of extinction because numbers are falling, Soldier in Focus – Sgt. 1st Class Glenn Sierra - Mar 10, 2009 SystemsI remember once we rescued a pygmy sperm whale that had beached herself. We brought her back to the aquarium and placed her in the tank, Book of household remedies and 'spells' from the 18th century to ... - Mar 4, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk...nightshade, 'ferne roots', 'hoggs grease' and 'earbagrace', which was probably ambergris, a byproduct of sperm whale digestion used to make perfume. Browse News Catagories: - Mar 19, 2009 MovieWebThe true story of a whaling ship stalked and destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Joining Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson in the infidelity thriller. The price of leadership - Mar 11, 2009 Windsor StarPlus that wonderful blow-off, like the sperm whale, taking its sight of the whaleship, Pequod. But of course there was something fishy in the e-mails. 'Flawed' Red List putting species at risk - Mar 11, 2009 New ScientistSimilar doubts hang over the listings for many other species, including the sperm whale and five other species of sea turtle, which are categorised as at SACRED SOIL DIGGING DEEP - Mar 3, 2009 Marlborough ExpressIn 1939, 13-year-old local schoolboy Jim Eyles first discovered a grave, complete with a hollow moa egg and personal ornaments made from sperm whale teeth. 两百余头鲸鱼集体æ??浅澳大利亚忙救助 - Mar 2, 2009 中国教育在线That was the second-largest sperm whale stranding in Tasmania. The largest was in 1998 when 66 whales were stranded on Ocean Beach near Strahan in northwest New Terminator Salvation Trailer Is Here! - Mar 2, 2009 MovieWebThe true story of a whaling ship stalked and destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. 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