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  2. Blue whale - Wikipedia

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    However, because blue whales feed low on the food chain, there is a lesser chance for bioaccumulation of organic chemical contaminants. [154] Analysis of the earwax of a male blue whale killed by a collision with a ship off the coast of California showed contaminants like pesticides, flame retardants, and mercury.

  3. Marine mammals as food - Wikipedia

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    Marine mammals are a food source in many countries around the world. Historically, they were hunted by coastal people, and in the case of aboriginal whaling , still are. This sort of subsistence hunting was on a small scale and produced only localised effects.

  4. Whale meat - Wikipedia

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    In 1998–1999, Harvard researchers published their DNA identifications of samples of whale meat they obtained in the Japanese market, and found that mingled among the presumably legal (i.e. minke whale meat) was a sizeable proportion of dolphin and porpoise meats, and instances of endangered species such as fin whale and humpback whale. (Blue ...

  5. Blue Whale - AOL

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    “The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed ...

  6. Marine mammal - Wikipedia

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    A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.

  7. How citizen scientists are uncovering the secret lives of ...

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    Local non-profits have warned of the risks of unregulated whale tourism and the government has said it intends to use Prof Edyvane's research to “fully protect and conserve" the marine life that ...

  8. Marine mammals of the Salish Sea - Wikipedia

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    An orca breaching in Hood Canal. The marine mammals of the Salish Sea are numerous and diverse, both in taxonomy and morphology. A total of six species of pinnipeds, eight species of baleen whales, seventeen species of toothed whales, and one mustelid (the sea otter) inhabiting the local waters of the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters over the continental shelf off Washington and British ...

  9. Blue food - Wikipedia

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    Blue foods are obtained using a range of different methods - from large deep-sea trawlers to small carp ponds, which date back to 2,500 years in areas such as the Mediterranean and China. Economically, blue food systems significantly contribute to global trade and livelihood support, benefiting millions of people worldwide directly or indirectly.