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By Popular Demand - Whale Flatulence

Paul Hastings ran into the story on News of the Weird on our Scientific first as quoted below:

In August, scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division, traveling by boat on a research mission to attach satellite-tracking devices to whales to study their habitats, managed to capture what they believe is a historical first photo: the water pattern that results from the bubble when a huge whale releases flatulence. Said researcher Nick Gales, "We got away from the bow of the ship very quickly. (I)t does stink." [News.com.au (The Australian), 8-14-03]

By popular demand here is the historic moment:

BTW - Nick is also very interested in mapping the whale tracks. The Poo point data is as yet undecided...

Posted by Kirk on October 7, 2003 11:44 AM |

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Can you see the image ?

Posted by: Kirk Mower | October 8, 2003 09:43 AM

they are now.

Posted by: PaulH | October 8, 2003 07:00 PM

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