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From: Rick Bradshaw (no email)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 14:54:17 EDT
Louis,
Try: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/20/holiday.whale.reut/index.html
There is a photo and a short article. First I have heard of something
like this. I have heard of them breaching close but not this close.
Anyone else heard of this?
Rick
>I read on CNN, and several other news sites, that a 30-foot whale
>landed on the deck of a chartered sailboat in Australia as it
>attempted to scrape barnacles from its skin. That's at least what
>the witnesses described seeing when the animal became ensnared on the
>rigging and collapsed onto the deck, dropping the mast in the
>process. I've never heard of whales using boats to scrape off
>barnacles. How common is this? Has anyone seen a photo or video
>clip of the aftermath? I'd be curious to see what happened.
>
>Regards,
>
>Louis
>s/v Synergy
>Westsail 32 #679
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