| But other recent studies place gray whales as being outside the rorqual clade, but as the closest relatives to the rorquals. |
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| Using this listening network, Mr. Simard hopes to develop a technique to locate rorqual whales by listening to their vocalizations as well as studying how they make use of their territory. |
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| Also called the finback whale, razorback or common rorqual, it is found in all the world's major oceans from polar to tropical waters. |
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| The group of rorqual whales is passing by, offering tantalising glimpses amid the foam-decked waves. |
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| Whales in the area seemed to be fond of these animals, even though it turns out they weren't krill, aquatic organisms that the rorqual whales of the St. Lawrence consume in large quantities. |
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| This is the only known predictable aggregation of these whales in the world and they provide a remarkable opportunity to study oceanic rorqual whales. |
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| The vessel docked at Dagenham and the 65ft Rorqual was unloaded on to a 10-wheeled lorry, which transports it on land. |
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