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The Whale… If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
Whales are beautiful beyond words. I have always found them fascinating and have always wanted to get close to one. Now for the dilemma:
My Geography class is going on an excursion on Thursday which will involve listening to an entrepreneur speak about various aspects of his business (should be interesting) and whale-watching (awesome). However, the boat we’ll go on is super-fast and super-mobile and will do all these little trick things (apparently this is so tourists don’t feel like they’ve wasted their money in case no whales approach the boat, kind of like a “2 in 1” deal). I’m absolutely terrified of fast/disorienting ‘rides’ (this may not be in a theme park or carnival but it still counts) but I really want to see a whale. ;_;
Why can’t we go on a normal boat?!
Because not everyone has the nerve of an elderly woman like you, Elena.
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The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a rare megabat and one of the largest bats in the world. The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of extinction because of poaching and forest destruction. It is endemic to forests in the Philippines.
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I have this :3
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He was such a beautiful man.
aww amazing, RIP
Just wow, wow, wow, wow.
this broke my heart.
This made my day, that someone would take their time to do this. RIP, Sir
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No, Jim, in the butt… in his butt!
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