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Mt Bob
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I've probably seen a more useless thread here...but I can't remember just when it might have been.
Warm_in_NH
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never saw the white whale , sorry if it is so common? cepten the small arctic narwhal
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That's not a narwhal, they have a long spike on their noses and are black. It's a beluga whale. Belugas are white and common in Canadian waters. I read they just spotted one in the Taunton River which is unusual.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...unton-river/d9wBd02YobmaAUNHFo09DJ/story.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...unton-river/d9wBd02YobmaAUNHFo09DJ/story.html
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Mt Bob
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I understand now,beautiful.Reminds me of first time I saw a moose back in maine.Out here can't keep them out of yard.(might as well continue usless thread!)
The albino humpback whale like the one shown in the first picture is very rare though there are a lot of photos of it. It has been tracked since 1991 and is called Migaloo. There is another one spotted in 2011 that is being called Migaloo junior.
http://www.today.com/video/today/49211622#49211622
http://io9.com/these-rare-photos-of-migaloo-the-albino-humpback-whale-1294249311
http://www.today.com/video/today/49211622#49211622
http://io9.com/these-rare-photos-of-migaloo-the-albino-humpback-whale-1294249311
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Good thing the Japanese are still conducting "scientific research" to justify whaling. How much do you suppose some of that one would command at a high end restaurant dinner table? (what a cool lookin' rig he is, though!)
vivid memories as a seven year old seeing the movie in '56. hated having to read the book years later. I mean geez I'd already watched the movie. always liked g.peck after seeing him in a scary movie for a 7 year old who was always on the water.
Enzo's Dad
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Funny, "Moby Dick" was one of the very first of the "classics" that I actually really enjoyed! I liked Nathaniel Hawthorne's works very much, and I loved Ben. Franklin's works. With Melville I struggled at first; but then I began reading aloud to myself... all of a sudden the magic of the carefully chosen words "made sense". A narrative... meant to be read aloud! once I figured that out the story became "real" and exciting! It's a great book and if you apply the "narrative" notion to many "classics" you'll be "open" to the very nature of the writing. It's how I found delight in Dickens, too. And many others, as well.
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