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Whale
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The Beloved Russian Celebrity ‘Spy’ Whale Has Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
03 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This white beluga whale, frequently seen gliding along Norway’s coast since its initial sighting in April 2019, became an instant sensation.
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Dramatic Video Shows Whale Body Slamming A Boat Off New Hampshire Coast
24 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The boaters were pretty much catapulted into the Atlantic Ocean when the giant body-slammed the back of their vessel.
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Whale Of A Rescue: Gentle Giant Freed After Being Stuck In Fishing Line Off Hermanus Coast [Video]
04 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Did you know that the Western Cape has a team of rescuers dedicated to freeing whales from being ensnared in fishing gear?
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V&A Waterfront Visitors Treated To A Close-Up View Of A Lone Humpback Whale In The Harbour [Videos]
25 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This is a sure sign that whale season is upon us.
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Incredibly Rare Video Shows A Pod Of Orcas And Sperm Whales Sparing In The Sea
10 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
According to a marine biologist who witnessed the battle, it was an extremely rare sight as these animals tend to leave each other alone.
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Watch This Man Get Body-Slammed By A Breaching Whale While Surfing [Video]
26 Oct 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
“If it had barnacles, I would have been ripped apart.”
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Incredible Video Of Whale Frozen In Place Has Everyone Baffled [Video]
16 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This odd ‘tail-up’ behavior is not just astounding to Moss and his TikTok fans. Scientists have wondered about it for decades now. Because a whale’s tail resembles a sail when it sticks up out of the ocean, the behavior is sometimes known as ‘tail sailing’.
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Hermanus Locals Dug Into Meat From Washed-Up Whale, Warned Not To Eat In Case Of Contamination
19 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Scores of local residents in Hermanus began harvesting the meat from a whale carcass as soon as the large animal washed up on the rocks.
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Looks Like Orcas Are Attacking Adult Gray Whales Now [Video]
13 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Killer whales are clearly the psychopaths of the big blue.
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South African Marine Conservationist Tells The Tale Of When He Was Almost Swallowed By A Whale
07 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Playing ‘Never Have I Ever’ must be fun with this guy.
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Priceless And Precious Moment Whale Gives Birth Right Next To Tour Boat [Video]
12 Jan 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Guests on board a whale-watching cruise are pinching themselves after being privileged enough to see a mommy whale give birth to her calf right by the boat’s edge.
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Chaos As Rescuers Try Save Beluga Whale Cruising River Seine In Paris [Video]
08 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The four-metre whale was first seen on Wednesday between Paris and the city of Rouen in Normandy with a few signs that it could be starving to death.
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Hermanus Whales Could Be Carrying Very Valuable Pooload
29 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so don’t write off sperm whale faeces until you understand the story of ambergris.
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Can We Chat About This Whale With Four Legs?
27 Aug 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Phiomicetus anubis measured around three metres in length, and possessed strong jaws which enabled it to catch prey.
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This Guy Was Swallowed By A Whale And Survived
14 Jun 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
56-year-old Michael Packard is a very fortunate man, with an exceptionally rare story to tell.
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They Think This Endangered Blue Whale Was Killed In A Ship Hit-And-Run
30 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The world’s largest creature, an Antarctic blue whale, was likely the victim of a recent ship strike that left it dead in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
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Kayakers Nearly Swallowed By Whale [Videos]
04 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the years, we’ve seen kayakers caught up in the midst of some very close encounters, but this might take the cake.
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Small Miracle As Whale Tail Sculpture Saves Dutch Train [Video]
04 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In a bizarre turn of events, a runaway train was miraculously caught by a conveniently placed sculpture.
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Whale’s Wrong Turn Lands It In Crocodile-Infested Waters [Video]
16 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m constantly amazed by animals and their ability to navigate travelling huge distances with pinpoint accuracy. That doesn’t mean things don’t go wrong from time to time.
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These Surfers Will Never Get This Close To A Whale Again [Video]
15 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
18-year-old Payton Landaas was tracking a whale when he saw it swimming towards a dozen or so surfers off the coast of Southern California.
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Cape Town’s Great White Sharks AND Whales Are Leaving
18 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white shark population has been well documented, and now a new aerial survey shows some worrying whale numbers.
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Unreal Photo Shows Whale ‘Swallowing’ Sea Lion
31 Jul 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
27-year-old wildlife photographer Chase Dekker can be pretty chuffed with the photos he snapped on July 22 in Monterey Bay, California, whilst out on a whale-watching cruise.
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The Nasty, Sad Truth About False Bay’s Whales [Images]
13 Jun 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
False Bay plays home to a number of visiting whales that come here to breed, as well as a resident population of Bryde’s whales and orcas. Now they’re under threat.
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NSRI Rescue Fishermen After Boat Hits Whale
29 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, five fishermen were rescued off the coast of Lambert’s Bay after their boat, which struck a whale, suffered a crack to the hull.
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More Drama In The Case Of That Russian Spy Whale
10 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Nobody has claimed the harness-wearing whale found off the coast of Norway, but one man thinks he might be able to shed more light on the mystery.
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Russians Are Training Whales As Weapons Now [Video]
30 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The harness-wearing beluga whale spotted by Norwegian fisherman could be a Russian weapon, and that’s not as far-fetched as you might think.
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PE Diver Narrowly Avoids Being Swallowed By Whale [Video]
11 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During a recent whale-watching expedition, a Port Elizabeth dive tour operator ended up getting far more up close and personal than he intended.
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You Won’t Get Closer To A Whale Than These Kayakers Off Sea Point [Video]
28 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Kayakers paddling in Sea Point were greeted by an unexpected guest that popped up right next to them.
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Woman Calls 911 During Hilarious Freak-Out Over Whale Encounter [Video]
10 Oct 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most people are more than happy to have an up-close sighting of a few whales during a boat trip. This woman is not one of them.
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Dead Whales Keep Washing Up In Mossel Bay
25 Apr 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
After three Bryde’s whales washed up dead on the shores surrounding Mossel Bay, the Department of Environmental Affairs started looking for answers.
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