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First to the oil - 27 Sep 2008 Ottawa Citizen,...on the scene looking for a cheap alternative for lamps at a time when the cost of whale oil was skyrocketing as the sperm whale population dwindled. Scrimshaw tooth fetches premium price - 27 Sep 2008 The News Journal,By BETSY PRICE • The News Journal • September 27, 2008 A sperm whale's tooth carved by a Wilmington sailor in 1835 sold Friday for $98500 -- $38500 more Troubled waters: Did we really save the whale? - Sep 19, 2008 Independent,In the ongoing battle between human history and natural history, one particular species, the sperm whale – Physeter macrocephalus, the real-life model for The Majesty of the Whale - Sep 23, 2008 BlueFlipper Diving,The eyes of a sperm whale are set at the side of its block-like head. Its frontal vision is severely limited. And I was sure we were on collision course. Sperm whale stranded on Jupiter Island (Bryan Garner) - Sep 12, 2008 WPTV,Malcom de Sieyes, Harbor Branch's stranding coordinator, said the animal was most likely a pygmy or dwarf sperm whale, 10 feet long and roughly 450 pounds. Whale had lung problems, parasites, scientist says - Sep 16, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,By Prentiss Findlay (Contact) The pygmy sperm whale that washed up on the beach at the Isle of Palms on Aug. 31 had several ailments, a marine scientist Large dead sperm whale found off Menorcan coast - Sep 5, 2008 Think Spain,An eight-metre long sperm whale weighing around five tonnes found floating off the south coast of Menorca this morning, has been towed to Mahón port to Study: Oil and Gas Noise Not a Major Sperm Whale Stressor - Sep 3, 2008 EP Magazine,The multi-year $9 million study, "Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico," was conducted by the Minerals Management Service and featured Pygmy Sperm Whale found - Aug 28, 2008 San Pedro Sun,In a rare occurrence, a seldom seen Pygmy Sperm Whale was discovered several miles at sea in the Ambergris Caye area. The nine foot, 600 pound adult whale Stroll coughed up Ambergris fortune - Sep 26, 2008 The Southland Times,The whale vomit is ambergris, a sperm whale excretion often found washed up on beaches in a mixture of colours, shapes, sizes and textures. In search of Moby-Dick - Sep 18, 2008 BBC News,A sperm whale's eyes are set low on the side of its head. I was sure it could not see me. And it was coming closer. Then I began to feel - rather than hear Whale of a tale - Sep 3, 2008 Sourdough Sentinel,Along with the normal duties and goings on at the station, the island recently contended with a 48-foot long deceased male Sperm Whale which washed onto the Dead whale washes ashore - Aug 31, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,By Andy Paras (Contact) ISLE OF PALMS â€� A dead 11 1/2-foot pygmy sperm whale washed ashore early Sunday, the second to do so on a Charleston County beach Open Thread, 9/23: Padres vs Dodgers - Sep 23, 2008 Gaslamp Ball,You're a squid and I'm a sperm whale." In other news, now that we're out of the race for Strasburg, I hope we spoil the Dodgers season as best we can. Whale of a fortune or fatty scum - Sep 22, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,But the overwhelming speculation was that the greasy, cheese-like mass resembled ambergris - a valuable excretion, either spit or vomit, from a sperm whale. Review: Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare - Sep 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,He cares more for the deep blue waters of the sperm whale than the sharp blue pencil of the editor. But through the device of following in Ishmael's A whale tale to cherish - Sep 21, 2008 Southern Daily Echo,We even see the Sholing, Southampton-born writer floating in three-mile deep Atlantic waters alongside the legendary sperm whale. “It was the culmination of Fake whale on riverbank shocks Antwerp residents - Aug 29, 2008 RIA Novosti,BRUSSELS, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - A 16-meter artificial sperm whale created by Belgian artist Dirk Claesen and placed on the bank of the River Scheldt in Baby Sperm Whales, Cavalcade: NTV Station Today - Sep 10, 2008 NewTeeVee,Sperm Whale Diving details the slightly terrifying nature of the mama and baby whale relationship — imagine leaving your infant to bob at the surface while New test name to be revealed - Sep 1, 2008 The State,Authorities tell The Post and Courier of Charleston that an Isle of Palms employee saw the nearly 12-foot pygmy sperm whale rolling in the surf Sunday Phlegm led to fortune for Southland boys - Sep 23, 2008 Otago Daily Times,On Monday, the discovery of an unidentified lump on a Wellington beach sparked rumours it was the sought-after sperm whale excretion, ambergris, Mystery blob sparks 'gold rush' - Sep 23, 2008 Ananova,But fortune seekers began flocking to Wellington's Breaker Bay after reports that it was ambergris, a valuable excretion from a sperm whale, used in perfume Bekmambetov Chases Moby Dick - Sep 23, 2008 Empire Online,...is set to reprise the appalling slander dealt to whale kind in the story of a ferocious and dangerous sperm whale (stop sniggering at the back). You Can Put Lipstick on a Bad Writer, but... - Sep 11, 2008 Poynter.org,You can put a condom on a sperm whale, but it's still a sperm whale. Hey, I ain't doin' all the work, kids. Now it's your turn. Add your best "you can put" Something for the Weekend - Sep 21, 2008 RedOrbit,And out in the mile-deep waters of the Atlantic, he has his own extraordinary encounter with the legendary sperm whale itself. A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to St. Lucia - Aug 31, 2008 All At Sea,The crew on board the 43ft Annamin recounted how they came off second to a brief liaison with a large sperm whale in the mid-Atlantic. Dead whale found in SC had parasites, congestion - Sep 17, 2008 Myrtle Beach Sun News,AP A scientist says a dead pygmy sperm whale that washed up on a South Carolina beach last month suffered from parasites, lung congestion and was These teeth are ancient but well-preserved - Sep 18, 2008 Lloyd's List,Next week presents a chance to acquire the Ceres Tooth, one of the most important works of sperm whale scrimshaw to be discovered in the last decade, Gulf whales caught in push to expand drilling (1/5ページ) - Sep 9, 2008 MSN産経ニュース,Once hunted by wooden factory ships for its spermaceti oil used to make candles that lit 19th century American homes, the sperm whale is once again Garrett on watch - Sep 16, 2008 Marlborough Express,The group was lucky to see a sperm whale and several species of seabirds, including albatrosses, petrels and hutton's shearwaters. Ms Chadwick described the Leviathan, Or The Whale - Sep 10, 2008 Metro,The male Right whale has a 2.5m long penis; a sperm whale has a 8.5kg brain; while the narwhal species feel such affinity for each other that when one loses "It is - still - the best zoological blog out there, period" - Sep 9, 2008 ScienceBlogsFor now, all I want to do is showcase the incredible new fossil sperm whale Acrophyseter deinodon, just described from the Pisco Formation by Lambert et al. Diary of a Witch Hunt - Sep 24, 2008 Lew Rockwell,Traders provided the Publick Mob with complementary firkins of Demerara Rum, matches and a drum of sperm-whale oil along with their own Most Culpable 11 Dead Whales Across The Atlantic Coastline Recorded In A Span Of ... - Sep 13, 2008 AHNBranch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce said the10-foot long dead whale weighed about 450 pounds, and is either a pygmy or a dwarf sperm whale. TV choice Karl French - Sep 21, 2008 Financial Times,This compelling film builds to a climactic close encounter between Hoare and a mighty sperm whale, although sadly not an albino one. Eens iets goeds over Bernard-Henri Lévy (vpmc) - Sep 12, 2008 In Flanders Fields,As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards the sperm whale’s head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained her even keel; though sorely Spey Bay training day prepares people for whale rescues - Sep 1, 2008 Aberdeen Press and Journal,The event came just three weeks after a 40ft sperm whale became beached at Alturlie, a few miles from Inverness. The massive mammal was declared dead after Oz's Garrett on Kaikoura watch - Sep 9, 2008 Marlborough Express,The distinctive former frontman of Australian rock band Midnight Oil had a somewhat choppy trip out to see the whales, with one sperm whale turning up for The Waters of the Gulf of Mannar - Sep 1, 2008 The Island (subscription),Marine Mammals such as Dugong, Sperm Whale, Blue Whale, Fin Whale, Sei Whale, Bryde's Whale ,Short-finned Pilot Whale , Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin, Whalers campaign for mayor, future of Arctic - Sep 21, 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),...by a recent study by the federal Minerals Management Service that shows noise has little effect on the sperm whale population in the Gulf of Mexico. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES - Sep 22, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch,A beagle's brain weighs in at 3 ounces (dogs' brain size varies by breed), a cat's brain averages one ounce; a sperm whale's, 17 pounds; and a parakeet's Happy to be stranded in New Bedford - Sep 14, 2008 TheChronicleHerald.ca,The museum includes the entire skeleton of a 40.5-tonne sperm whale, and a full-sized replica of a whaling ship’s fo’c’sl. Here are the ship models, Animal Academy - Sep 12, 2008 TVNZ,From a 110-year-old tuatara to a sperm whale, from hand feeding a stingray to sledding with Malamute dogs - we take you there. All this and more make Animal Coastal Cleanup - Sep 20, 2008 Daily Triplicate,Pickenpaugh cited the pieces of net found in the stomach of a beached sperm whale at South Beach and what's referred to as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" Festivals in Londonderry - Sep 5, 2008 guardian.co.uk,...of theatrical events around the city centre, including a show by alfresco circus troupe Circo Rum Baba, starring a 15-metre inflatable sperm whale. Biologists launch effort to clean up lost fishing gear off - Sep 1, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,..."In March we did a necropsy on a 51-foot sperm whale that washed up dead at Point Reyes, and it had 450 pounds of fishing net, braided rope and plastic bags German explorers check out Milford - Sep 18, 2008 Connecticut Post,They've also seen plenty of whales and dolphins on their Atlantic crossing, including a friendly sperm whale who got within 70 feet of their craft. Pre-Game Recon With Behind The Steel Curtain - Sep 5, 2008 Battle Red Blog,As a Texas Ex, it pains me to see pictures of him in which he appears to have consumed an entire sperm whale. Is he out of Tomlin's doghouse? Another Whale Washes Up on a Lowcountry Beach - Aug 31, 2008 WCIV,On August 22, a dead pygmy sperm whale was found on Folly Beach . Scientists are still studying that whale to find out what happened to it. Sailing around the news - Sep 13, 2008 Sailing Florida,They were unsure if it was a pygmy whale or a dwarf sperm whale. In the past three and a half weeks, 11 pygmy sperm whales from North Carolina to South [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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