it's a bottle nosed whale (Berardius bairdii)
not to be confuled with the bottle nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) which is common in UK waters.
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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 16:26,
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Confuled?
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CaptainSpaulding is the leader of the lost cause.,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 16:35,
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also?
but the bottle-nosed whale is not common in british waters at all!
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 16:42,
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it can be seen in waters in northern Britain and Ireland in the summer.
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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 16:46,
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but it's not the summer
and London isn't in northern britain or ireland.
I'm sick of this stupid whale, can we hunt it for "research" purposes?
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 16:52,
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Pffftt!!
hunt it for it's delicious flesh.
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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Fri 20 Jan 2006, 17:01,
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