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Giving Thanks for Whales

Some of our favorite stories about those marvelous marine mammals. The post Giving Thanks for Whales appeared first on Nautilus.

During this holiday season I will give thanks for many things: my family, my friends, my health. And whales.

Now, that last part might raise a few eyebrows at the dinner table. Yet why should it? Each of those—a figure that might rub some people as coldly utilitarian, but is better understood as a nod to just how extraordinary whales are.

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