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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.
Big Miracle, originally Everybody Loves Whales, is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. It stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski . The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book Freeing the Whales , which covers Operation Breakthrough , the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska .
In Book 27 (The Exposed) of K. A. Applegate's Animorphs book series, Rachel and Tobias morph sperm whales to find a giant squid, and then the rest of the group morphs the one squid to find the Pemalite ship. Jaws' author Peter Benchley's novel Beast features a giant squid terrorizing Bermuda. A TV movie was also made.
The men in the second remaining boat also resort to cannibalism, with Pollard's cousin Henry Coffin sacrificing himself. The white whale returns, and Chase takes position to attack. When the whale breaches, Chase sees his previously thrown harpoon still embedded above the whale's eye. Chase stares into the whale's eye as the whale stares back.
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.
The killer whale featured in the documentary 'Blackfish' that made the case against keeping orcas in captivity died on Friday, SeaWorld officials said. SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum of 'Blackfish ...
The Shallows is a 2016 American survival horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Anthony Jaswinski and starring Blake Lively.In the film, medical student Nancy Adams gets stranded 200 yards (180 m) from shore and must use her wits and determination to survive a great white shark attack.
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.