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<td bgcolor="#e8e8e8" style="font-size:.85em; font-family:Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>channel islands naturalist corps</strong>, warren glaser (<a href="mailto:oaars@sbcglobal.net">oaars@sbcglobal.net</a>) thought you might find this article from interesting:</td>
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<td style="font-family:Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;color:#666666;"> | August 14, 2008</td>
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<p><em><p>even the world of nature has it's handicapped...</p></em></p>
<p><strong>A HUMPBACK whale has been sighted making a 20,000km journey - without a tail.</strong></p>
<p>The whale, nicknamed Stumpy, was today sighted playing off Queensland's Sunshine Coast by whale watchers aboard the Australia Zoo boat Steve's Whale One.<br /> <br />The boat's skipper Allan Short said he last saw the disfigured whale as a yearling in Hervey Bay in 2001.<br /> <br />Scratch marks on its side indicate it was injured in a killer whale attack, Mr Short said.<br /> <br />"When we first saw Stumpy in Hervey Bay in 2001 we thought for sure he wouldn't survive without his tail," he said.<br /> <br />"It's a 20,000-kilometre return journey when they migrate and that is an amazing feat for a whale without a tail."<br /> <br />Mr Short said Stumpy appeared healthy as it played alongside other whales.<br /> <br />Each year, Humpback whales pass along Queensland's southern coast as they migrate between Antarctica and warmer tropical waters.</p>
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