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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.
Once common throughout the Northern Hemisphere, gray whales are now only regularly found in the North Pacific Ocean. Gray whale spotted off Florida coast. Here's why the sighting is so unusual
Latest estimates suggest there are fewer than 350 right whales remaining, with fewer than 100 breeding females. ... Residents and visitors on Florida's Treasure Coast spotted one of the rarest ...
A tragedy played out along Florida’s Gulf Coast during spring break as a stranded 44-foot whale slowly died while stuck in the surf. The endangered sperm whale was discovered around 8:30 a.m ...
On April 1, 1989, Nootka IV of Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, pulled her trainer, Henriette Huber, into the whale tank after the 6-year-old female bit down while the trainer had her hand in Nootka's mouth in order to scratch the whale's tongue. Huber needed several stitches in order to close her wounds.
Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799.On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.
"Many tragedies from plastic in the ocean go unobserved, and the ones we see are just a snapshot," an spokesperson for Oceana said
In August 1989, the dominant female Icelandic killer whale at SeaWorld San Diego, Kandu V, attempted to "rake" a female newcomer named Corky. Raking is a way orcas show dominance by forcefully scratching at another with their teeth (however, raking can also be a way of communication or play between whales, and it is witnessed in the wild).