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'Stumpy' the whale makes epic journey without a tail SYDNEY (AFP) - A humpback whale named "Stumpy" after he lost his tail as a baby in an apparent killer whale attack has been sighted again six years later on an epic journey along Australia's coast.
ADVERTISEMENT Stumpy was spotted playing off eastern Queensland's Sunshine Coast by whale watchers aboard a boat named for the late TV environmentalist and "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin, the national AAP news agency reported. Allan Short, skipper of the Australia Zoo's boat "Steve's Whale One," said he last saw the tailless whale as a yearling in 2001 in the region's Hervey Bay, where Antarctic-based humpbacks travel in the breeding season. Scratch marks on Stumpy's side suggest he was injured in an attack by a killer whale, Short said. "When we first saw Stumpy in Hervey Bay in 2001 we thought for sure he wouldn't survive without his tail," he said. "It's a 20,000-kilometre return journey when they migrate and that is an amazing feat for a whale without a tail." Stumpy appeared healthy as he played alongside other whales on their annual migration to warmer tropical water to breed, he said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...aleoffbeat | |
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Awwww cool | |
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Thanks for the sympathy post.
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for Stumpy! With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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go stumpy! | |
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shanti0608 said: Thanks for the sympathy post.
Well you would get a whole heap more posts if you either put "sex" or "slavery" in the title | |
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mdiver said: shanti0608 said: Thanks for the sympathy post.
Well you would get a whole heap more posts if you either put "sex" or "slavery" in the title or cheating or anal..... oh well! I like animals more than ppl. Go Stumpy! | |
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shanti0608 said: mdiver said: Well you would get a whole heap more posts if you either put "sex" or "slavery" in the title or cheating or anal..... oh well! I like animals more than ppl. Go Stumpy! stop it, you are making me horny | |
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mdiver said: shanti0608 said: or cheating or anal..... oh well! I like animals more than ppl. Go Stumpy! stop it, you are making me horny tart! | |
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What an inspiring story
Ok I am so over this sprianed ankle I mean damn GET THE HELL OVER the pain Mach I feel better | |
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Mach said: What an inspiring story
Ok I am so over this sprianed ankle I mean damn GET THE HELL OVER the pain Mach I feel better By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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PurpleJedi said: Mach said: What an inspiring story
Ok I am so over this sprianed ankle I mean damn GET THE HELL OVER the pain Mach I feel better seriously I do I was being a whiner < poor me pitty me | |
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Mach said: PurpleJedi said: seriously I do I was being a whiner < poor me pitty me ...but now we expect you to be able to swim across the Chesapeake Bay with just one ankle. By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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PurpleJedi said: Mach said: seriously I do I was being a whiner < poor me pitty me ...but now we expect you to be able to swim across the Chesapeake Bay with just one ankle. I can do that just tie me to a tow boat | |
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Mach said: PurpleJedi said: ...but now we expect you to be able to swim across the Chesapeake Bay with just one ankle. I can do that just tie me to a tow boat By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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Awww...the stumper!
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