19th Century Weapon Found In Whale


	19th Century Weapon Found In Whale

debbyski

6-13-2007 2:21 AM

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6-13-2007 3:40 PM

Hawkeye_84

I read this story in the paper this morning. Amazing!

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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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