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This whale is amazing, I love

This whale is amazing, I love it. I want to be a Marine Biologist and I just am amazing by this glorious gentle but huge animal. I used to scared by their size, but who can be scared of such a gentle animal. Welcome to Marine life, you never know what's going to happen or what you will find!

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are whales extinct witch ones are?

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Some of your information

Some of your information about fish farming is inaccurate... look into fish farming in Clayoquot Sound

Its truly amazing!!!!these

Its truly amazing!!!!these animals are really cool but there really in danger.Im glad your helping out and I will too!!!!!!

wow, that's not true, God

wow, that's not true, God created everything the way it is.

wow! i didn't know that!

wow! i didn't know that!

The Japan whale harvest has

The Japan whale harvest has been cut short by the persistent harassment of a U.S.-based anti-whaling organization. Regardless of a global whaling moratorium, Japan exploits a loophole that allows legal whaling for research reasons. I found this here: Anti-whaling harassment ends 2011 Japanese whaling season early Groups such as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are making whaling economically unfeasible, and whale meat is no longer considered vital to the Japanese diet.

This whale is amazing, I love

This whale is amazing, I love it. I want to be a Marine Biologist and I just am amazing by this glorious gentle but huge animal. I used to scared by their size, but who can be scared of such a gentle animal. Welcome to Marine life, you never know what's going to happen or what you will find!

I have learnt a very good

I have learnt a very good thing from this and I also support those people who are involved with the preservation & protection work of the endangered sea animals

We will be adding polls to

We will be adding polls to the species pages soon, but for now I have fixed blog post so it points toward the polls on the Homepage and the Ocean Life & Ecosystem page. Good eye, and thanks for letting us know!

From blog it says you can

From blog it says you can find poll on species pages and the link leads you here but I didn't find any polls?

Wow - whale ancestors were

Wow - whale ancestors were land animals. That's amazing!