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Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.

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A Tale of a Right Whale

September 2009

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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

August 2016

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A drawing of Phoenix from the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog documents her callosity pattern and other identifying marks.

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Who’s That Whale?

January 2010