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Thu 09 Sep 2008Rare sighting of blue whale in seas off southwest coast
THE BLUE whale, the Earth’s largest living animal, has been photographed off the southwest coast of Ireland for the first time.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) says the sighting is particularly significant as the species faced extinction 50 years ago. “We’ve waited a long time, for some of us a lifetime, but we are delighted to announce that blue whales have been observed and photographed in southwest waters,” said IWDG sightings co-ordinator Pádraig Whooley.
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