Quotes of the Day

This file photo dated July 10, 2008 shows a young beluga whale poking its melon-shaped head out of the waters of the White Sea near the Actic Circle off of the Solovetsky Islands
Monday, Jun. 28, 2010

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  • HAL WHITEHEAD,
  • a marine biologist at Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University, saying cetaceans like dolphins and whales are second only to humans in mental and social complexity and are therefore too evolved to be hunted
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