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Fearing the extinction of whales but, because of their size and shyness, knowing little of their dietary and conjugal habits, their birthrate and the length of their lives, the British Government is sending a ship to sea for two and a half years of whale study, it announced last week. A gun will be carried to fire, into every whale sighted, a dart carrying an identification disk. In after years, from reports by capturers of tagged whales, it is hoped to learn whether whales are polygamous or monogamous, rovers or stay-at-homes, old at 25 or young as centenarians...
...Name one way in which a whale can commit suicide. (See MISCELLANY...
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...Monterey, Calif., a 30-ton whale rolled, nuzzled, lolloped and spouted about the municipal pier; tried to swim between narrow piles; wedged, thrashed, spumed, gurgled, choked to death...
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