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[msmidge]

On the NPR call-in show I am listening to now, the guest said that a bowhead whale had been found in Alaska with an unexploded harpoon thingie in it from the late 1800s. So the whale was over 100 years old. I wonder how long it would have lived if they hadn't killed it in this more recent hunt. Interesting article here. Says the oldest whales that have been found and aged were around 200 years old. Amazing.

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[the-ocean.livejournal.com]

wow.
i had no idea they lived that long.

[the-ocean.livejournal.com]

i should say that i didn't think animals that large normally lived that long.
i'm so amazed.

[msmidge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's like the opposite of a Great Dane!