1. The whales of PATAGONIA.
- Author
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Salgado, Sebastião
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WHALES , *COASTS , *WHALE watching , *HUNTERS , *SEAS - Abstract
The article presents information on whales of pantagonian coast of Argentina. Activities of whales and their habitat is talked about in the article. Adelita and the other whales are a species known as ballena franca. Unlike other whales, they do float when dead, making it easier for the hunters to tow their bodies to shore. Three centuries ago there were 300,000 whales in the seas, now the figure has restricted to less than 3000 whales. Whales are very funloving creatures and has a genuine friendliness instinct.
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- 2005