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... summer months for points as far north as Virginia , their winter migration used to take them far further south , where the threat of cold water did not exist . Now , when rare cold snaps coin- cide with power failures in Florida , they ...
... summer months for points as far north as Virginia , their winter migration used to take them far further south , where the threat of cold water did not exist . Now , when rare cold snaps coin- cide with power failures in Florida , they ...
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... summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea and the breeding and calving grounds in the lagoons of Baja sometimes enter the kelp forests . Some gather kelp into their mouths , presumably to obtain a quick meal by straining any inverte ...
... summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea and the breeding and calving grounds in the lagoons of Baja sometimes enter the kelp forests . Some gather kelp into their mouths , presumably to obtain a quick meal by straining any inverte ...
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... summer off the coast of New England . They were named " right whales " by commercial whalers because they float after being harpooned and were therefore easily brought aboard ship . This unfortunate characteristic lead to overhunting ...
... summer off the coast of New England . They were named " right whales " by commercial whalers because they float after being harpooned and were therefore easily brought aboard ship . This unfortunate characteristic lead to overhunting ...
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