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Two blue whales spotted off the Mangalore coast [1]

Rare sighting:The largest mammals on Earth seen off the Mangalore coast.

KOCHI: Two blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest mammals on Earth, were recently spotted off the Mangalore coast during a marine survey carried out by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi.

They were sighted

Publication Date: 
10/12/2010
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Whales [3], Mangalore [4], Wildlife [5], Mammals [6]

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