| inbluevt | Date: Tuesday, 2013/05/14, 10:21 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Astonishing news from Walvis Bay, Namibia, where scientists from the Namibian Dolphin project on Tuesday confirmed the sighting of a grey whale. Not only has this north Pacific species been extinct in the Atlantic since the 18th century, it has never been seen south of the equator.
The significance of this sighting is creating excitement among marine biologists. It may suggest good news – that the great whales are recovering from the disastrous hunts of the 20th century. Or it may
indicate that the changing climate is disrupting their feeding habits –
with unknown consequences.
A unique sighting of a grey whale in the Mediterranean in May 2010 – the animal got as far as Israel – has overturned many preconceptions, with some scientists speculating that this much-hunted great whale –reduced to near extinction in the 20th century – is regaining ancient
migratory routes
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