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whale

noun as in cetacean mammal

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Try an escape room, whale watching, rock climbing, mini golf, seeing a show and more.

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Sea slugs, corals, clams and sponges may not get as much of the spotlight as blue whales or sharks, but these curious creatures come with a host of unique, hard-to-believe abilities.

New findings show that the transient killer whales living along the West Coast between British Columbia and California are actually divided into two separate subpopulations known as inner and outer coast transients.

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Farther off, whales blew jets of water from their blowholes like smoke from the smokestack of a Bloomer steam locomotive.

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As the local community had previously attempted to rescue the fin whale in 2020, a decision was made to keep part of it so it could eventually be displayed as a memorial.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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