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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.
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North Atlantic Right Whale Breaching

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A team works to free a one-year-old right whale from fishing ropes wrapped and knotted around its body and flippers.
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Whale Rescue

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An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix indicates the location of scars on her tail from entanglements with fishing gear.
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Phoenix: Tail Scarring

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Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy (number 1004), was killed in a collision with a ship near Virginia in February 2004. She was pregnant with her sixth known calf.
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When Ships Strike

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A manatee swimming in shallow waters.
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Manatees

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
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Ship and North Atlantic Right Whale

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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whale in Antarctic Waters

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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Researchers Studying Killer Whales

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Polar bears are threatened by a lack of sea ice.
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Polar Bears on "Thin" Ice

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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