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Even millions of years ago, this desert wasn’t ocean. So how did more than 75 whale fossils turn up in the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert — one of the world’s driest?
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And if so, why? A pod of 61 whales beached themselves at Farewell Spit in New Zealand on Monday. It’s not clear why whales beach themselves, but suicide is one theory.
Sort of NSFW but not really. Honestly, the jokes are just too easy.
This is an amazing and inspiring story. (via reddit.com)
This video shows us how grand and amazing nature really is. It also shows us how bored people are, as someone figured this out: play it again and press 8,1,3,2. (Via)
Culture Buzz The Shedd Aquarium's baby beluga turned 1 year old this past December! I wonder why it always looks like belugas are smirking? Perhaps because Raffi made a song specifically about them.
Culture Buzz You read the title correctly. This whale threesome could sink a luxury liner. They are such dorks.
Amazing video footage of the whale that breached directly onto Paloma Werner and Ralph Mothes' boat in waters off Cape Town and broke their mast.
Science Buzz Olivier Lambert and Klaas Post have discovered the skull of a new species of prehistoric, whale-eating sperm whale in Peru. You know what's terrifying? Something that EATS WHALES.
At least global warming is giving us some pretty cool ads to watch. [Ed. note: I, for one, welcome our new whale overlords. They seem pretty awesome.] ( Via.)
More like (Shotgun sound), Thuug Life Here's an animated short from the people who brought you Charlie The Unicorn.
During a free-diving contest, Yang Yun got stuck at the bottom of an arctic pool without breathing equipment when her legs cramped. Enter Mila, a Beluga Whale, who realized she was in distress before the event's organizers did and pushed her to the surface. Badass.
David Sheridan, an Australian kitesurfer, gets smacked in the head by a whale tail but manages to escape unscathed. It's a cool photo, which was taken by a camera attached to the guy's kite.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can harm whales.
Science Buzz Dubbed “the unicorn of the sea,” the narwhal — a type of whale with a long, spiral tusk — is kind of magical. While they’re not necessarily as cute as manatees or (duh!) dolphins, the fascinating, lesser-known creatures are, believe it or not, more at risk from global warming than polar bears.
The image you see when Twitter is down (which is often), has a fan club. The stolen piece of illustration by Yiying Lu is spawning comics, t-shirts, and throngs of followers.
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