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Understanding the vulnerable northern bottlenose whale


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The northern bottlenose whale is a strange creature. They have a long, stout body with a bulbous forehead -- called a "melon" -- and a short, tube-like snout. Hunted for centuries for their oil (and until the 1970s for dog food), there may be only 160 of these gentle giants in the population found off Nova Scotia.

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