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Dead whales lie on the beach at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island December 28, 2009.
Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010

Open quote[They] wanted to hug one of the whales because they saw its eye was weeping.Close quote

  • TE AROHA WIHAPI,
  • teacher, on her students' reaction when they saw 80 pilot whales on a remote New Zealand beach, where rescuers had moved them to survive a storm; 56 of the animals died
Photo: Ho New / Reuters | Source: AP