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KFC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:51 PM
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Scientists Find New Species of Whale
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031119/ap_on_sc/new_whale_4

While new species of smaller creatures such as insects, birds and amphibians are discovered every year, it is very unusual for scientists to identify a new mammal, particularly one so large. Most whale species were described during the 18th and 19th centuries when commercial whaling drove many to the brink of extinction.

http://drs.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=%2b%22rush+limbaugh%22+/v=2/l=IVS/*-
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Lizz612 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:56 PM
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1. I thought...
If it wasn't for the real link up top I would have thought Limbaugh was the... well you get it...
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:57 PM
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2. So Rush is a species of whale?
I thought he was a species of jackass
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 05:03 PM
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3. This is pretty sweet
This new whale is a member of the genus Balaenoptera, which is the genus that giant Blue and Fin whales belong.
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