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Right Whales
Arrive early to find a good spot for whale watching in Cape Cod, Massachusetts this year. Right whales are returning in force along the northeastern US coast, to the delight of binoculars merchants along the shore.

The Cape Cod guests weigh around 40 tons and were once considered the “right” whales for hunting. But the harpoons stopped flying years ago, so these waters are a lot more whale friendly these days. And Cape Cod Bay is now a tourist destination.

Irrawaddy Dolphins
Asian and American biologists were pleasantly surprised to find a population of 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins thriving in the jungle rivers of Bangladesh. The Irrawaddy are one of the world’s rarest species of freshwater dolphins. They have big round heads and can grow up to 8 feet in length.

Irrawaddy dolphins love the brackish waters of rivers and bays in Southeast Asia. It turns out that the forests of the Sundarban at the delta of the Ganges and two other rivers on the Bay of Bengal are perfect for them.


Posted in Animal Planet on April 9th, 2009

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