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Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
The bones were first found in 1961 by a father and son, Masato and Yoshio Tajima, in a riverbed in Akishima, Tokyo, lending it the nickname of the Akishima whale. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was prepared by locals, under the mentorship of Hiroshi Ozaki, and subsequently put into storage at the National Museum of Nature and Science until it was transferred ...
Devil Whale from legends such as the First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor Leviathan from Abrahamic mythology Makara from Hindu mythology (possibly a South Asian river dolphin )
Serial Productions is ready to share a whale of a tale. The New York Times and the podcast studio behind "Serial" and "S-Town" are releasing "The Good Whale," a six-part podcast hosted by Daniel ...
Greg Cote Show podcast: Join Greg, Chris on a family cruise to Alaska
Ceirean, [1] Cirein-cròin [1] or cionarain-crò [2] was a large sea monster in Scottish Gaelic folklore. An old saying claims that it was so large that it fed on seven whales: Local folklores say this huge animal can disguise itself as a small silver fish when fishermen came in contact with it. [3]
Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern ...
Cooper was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Maree Edith Cooper, a teacher's aide, and William Wendell Cooper, a tool-and-die machinist. [2] Cooper was raised in Michigan and attended the University of Utah (B.A., 1979), [2] Hollins College (M.A., 1981), [2] and later, the creative writing doctoral program at University of Utah.