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This Makes Us Blubber
Pacific gray whale population may still be severely depleted |
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11 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:50 PM on 11 Sep 2007 The Pacific gray whale, long held up as an environmental success story, may not have made as impressive a comeback as once thought. Thanks to a widespread ban on commercial whaling, the Pacific gray whale became the first marine mammal to be taken off the endangered species list in 1994. When whales began dying off around 1999, scientists assumed populations were naturally stabili ... |
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