Weapon fragment found in whale reveals 50-ton creature was more than a century old

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

BOSTON -- A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt -- more than a century ago.

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