# whale - Wednesday 26 September, 2018
The whale, which would normally be found in the Arctic, was first spotted yesterday.
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# whale - Saturday 3 March, 2018
A group of scientists spent several weeks diving with whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands.
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# whale - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
“I’ve never seen one so close, I would have liked to have had the chance to save it,” said one local resident.
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# whale - Thursday 20 April, 2017
The mother, 25-year-old Takara, was already pregnant when SeaWorld announced it had stopped breeding orcas.
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# whale - Friday 6 January, 2017
The whale was profiled in Blackfish, a 2013 documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity.
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# whale - Thursday 5 January, 2017
“I clicked just in time.”
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# whale - Saturday 29 October, 2016
For the people of Chukotka in Russia’s Far East, it’s no laughing matter.
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# whale - Friday 19 August, 2016
The whale was spotted floating off the coast yesterday.
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# whale - Wednesday 1 June, 2016
The public are being asked to keep their eyes peeled for the elusive animal.
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# whale - Sunday 11 October, 2015
Not many of them are biting, though.
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# whale - Tuesday 15 September, 2015
“It’s all fun and games until someone gets jumped on.”
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# whale - Sunday 23 August, 2015
Grab the binoculars, a raincoat (or depending on what our unpredictable weather does, some sunscreen) and head for the coast.
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# whale - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
145 children had their wishes granted last year.
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# whale - Saturday 8 August, 2015
The whale hasn’t been spotted since 1988 – and this is the first image of a beluga in Irish waters.
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# whale - Friday 5 June, 2015
Under the sea, you and me.
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# whale - Thursday 16 April, 2015
Biologists and vets have now arrived at the site to begin the arduous process of cutting up the carcass for removal.
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# whale - Saturday 14 March, 2015
The whale uses a frequency no other whale can hear.
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# whale - Tuesday 10 February, 2015
The water off the coast of Ireland is full of them around this time of year and they seem to be in very good form.
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# whale - Friday 6 February, 2015
Modern times, eh?
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# whale - Monday 5 January, 2015
Footage of the stunning mammals was captured around the Blaskets and Dingle Bay last summer. The resulting film is set to air over two nights this week.
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# whale - Saturday 15 November, 2014
Unfortunately they were unsuccessful and had to give up as the sun went down.
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# whale - Monday 25 August, 2014
Around 1,500 people turned out all over Ireland’s coasts yesterday to squint through the mist and try and spot some elusive cetaceans.
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# whale - Thursday 21 August, 2014
# whale - Saturday 2 August, 2014
Fin whales are the second largest animals on the planet.
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# whale - Saturday 7 June, 2014
Clet, who originated in French waters, is described as a “non-social solitary dolphin who does not seek out and engage with swimmers”.
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# whale - Wednesday 1 January, 2014
From The Daily Edge
Orca
According to a crew filming the whale, this was an attempt at communication.
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# whale - Friday 27 December, 2013
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The mammal was stranded on Christmas Eve.
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# whale - Friday 29 November, 2013
Still just as gross. But with more nudity.
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# whale - Thursday 24 October, 2013
It’s not something a lot of people can claim.
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# whale - Thursday 17 October, 2013
The mammal is rarely seen in the wild.
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# whale - Thursday 20 June, 2013
The mammal was successfully refloated. Sadly, another whale also washed ashore today has died.
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# whale - Thursday 27 December, 2012
The endangered fin whale was found in the Breezy Point neighbourhood of Queens yesterday.
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# whale - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
The spade-toothed beaked whale is so rare that nobody has seen one alive.
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# whale - Thursday 16 August, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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The whale, which has been stuck at the west Cork harbour since Tuesday, took his last breath at about 11am.
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Many of our readers have been wondering why the mammal cannot be ‘put out of its misery’. TheJournal.ie investigates.
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# whale - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
The whale was still breathing this morning but pools of blood have formed beside the pier.
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# whale - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Experts say the beached whale may be in the final throes as it lies in Baltimore Harbour.
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# whale - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
The whale carcass washed up into a seawater pool at a beach near Sydney.
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