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Jun 13, 2007 09:11

BOSTON - A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt -- more than a century ago ( Read more... )

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athenalaughed June 13 2007, 19:11:10 UTC
Ooooh! I met whale hunters from Barrow; I hope this went to some of "my" people. Truly remarkable?---> here is where you find Barrow: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=barrow,+alaska&ie=UTF8&ll=73.327858,-156.796875&spn=23.336057,164.53125&z=3&iwloc=addr&om=1

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emeraldsorcha June 13 2007, 19:50:02 UTC
to bad you can't get directions to The Burrow. i'd love a cuppa with the Weasleys about now.

cool whale story though. makes me kinda sad that they killed it, if it was that old. perhaps if we splice our DNA with whale DNA we could live that long too!

yea. anyway.

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pixienchantress June 14 2007, 19:43:47 UTC
Poor whale. Survived an attack 100 years ago only to be taken out in the exact same way? That sucks.

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lapsedmodernist March 12 2008, 14:24:36 UTC
hey, Patrick, this is Nica, Julie's friend--I was wondering if you got the email I sent you with the link of pictures for Julie's dad and Anna.

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