Apparently nobody noticed that they were pushing around this dead 60 foot finback whale for possibly up to two days. |
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You will see many minke whales as well as the star performer Captain Crocket, a renowned finback whale and her offspring. |
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Killer whales are the biggest dolphins, females finback are rounded but males one are triangular and can go up to 2 m high for old individuals! |
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In 1871, Dr. Thomas Dwight, Jr. purchased a large finback whale and had the carcass towed to Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, where the bones were carefully cleaned. |
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The white patch behind the eye and the grey saddle at the bottom of the finback are the two most distinctive features to positively identify them at sea. |
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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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Most of the whale meat comes from the finback whale, the average size of which yields from 3 to 4 tons of steak and a like amount of sausage meat. |
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The dwarf minke belongs in the same genus as the mightiest animals on the planet, including the blue, finback and sei whale. |
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The finback, also known as a fin whale, an endangered species and the second-biggest whale after the blue whale, is one of several types found in the waters off New York Harbor. |
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A number of whales were found including humpbacks and one finback. |
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Small finback whale came to say goodbye as we were leaving for home. |
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In late December, a finback whale died after beaching in the New York City borough of Queens. |
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The distressed 18-metre long finback, the second biggest animal species, came ashore in Breezy Point, Queens. |
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On our two-hour trip we passed a seal colony, were followed by curious porpoises and spotted eight finback whales and one minky. |
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The sad tale of the Gowanus dolphin comes just a month after a 60-foot-long finback whale beached itself in Breezy Point, Queens. |
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His teaching lessons have included movie making, chain reactions, a life-size finback whale, hot air ballooning, gaming, robotics, rocketry and simulated NASA missions. |
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Bush never forgot the gratitude he felt when, two hours later, the periscope of USS Finback appeared. |
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And of the three, Iceland is the only country to hunt the endangered Finback whale. |
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