porpoise

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A viewing gallery will show everything from penguin health checks to ultrasounds on pregnant aardvarks and even porpoise post-mortems - things never before seen publicly in the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Mr Yang says he once saw a porpoise in distress which had been caught in some netting.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

"Now that those have become extinct, we're going to save the Yangtze river porpoise," Professor Wang Xi tells the BBC.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Henry V of Shakespearean fame, hosted a feast that offered 40 different types of fish, including roast porpoise.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

John yanked on the line and pulled the porpoise close enough to where I could help him drag her into the boat.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin