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  2. James Bartley - Wikipedia

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    James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.

  3. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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    The whale recovered, swam several hundred yards forward of the ship, and turned to face the ship's bow. [ 20 ] I turned around and saw him about one hundred rods [500 m or 550 yards] directly ahead of us, coming down with twice his ordinary speed of around 24 knots (44 km/h), and it appeared with tenfold fury and vengeance in his aspect.

  4. Ann Alexander (ship) - Wikipedia

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    The Ann Alexander depicted coming into Leghorn April 1807. [1]The Ann Alexander was a three-masted ship from New Bedford, Massachusetts.She is notable for having been rammed and sunk by a wounded sperm whale in the South Pacific on August 20, 1851, some 30 years after the famous incident in which the Essex was stove in and sunk by a whale in the same area.

  5. Whaler - Wikipedia

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    The term whaler is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japan, still dedicates a single factory ship for the industry. The vessels used by aboriginal whaling communities are much smaller and are used for various purposes over the course of the year.

  6. Environmental groups sue to force government to finalize ship ...

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    The whale numbers less than 360 and has been in decline in recent years in large part because of collisions with ships and entanglement in commercial fishing gear.

  7. Video shows humpback whale circling around Australian tourist ...

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    Video captured the humpback keeping the vessel hostage, offering watchers an unforgettable up close view. The screams of excited tourists can heard as the whale pops its head out of the water ...

  8. Orca who carried dead newborn for weeks has lost another calf ...

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    Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and is grieving the death in a similar way.

  9. Keiko (orca) - Wikipedia

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    Keiko became the star of the film Free Willy in 1993. The publicity from his role led to an effort by Warner Brothers to find a better home for the orca. The pool for the now 21-foot-long (6.4 m) orca was only 22 feet (6.7 m) deep, 65 feet (20 m) wide and 114 feet (35 m) long.