Insight & Analysis

A whale of a time

Published: Nov 2020

It was an odd week full of whale-related news at the start of November!

A HumpBack Wale tail

In Rotterdam, The Netherlands, a sculpture of a whale’s tail stopped a train plummeting to earth when it derailed, saving the train driver who was neatly caught by the tip of the sculpture itself.

https://apnews.com/article/crane-lifts-train-dutch-whale-statue-9d0a2e517facf49adfe87fa27cca68cd

And two Californian kayakers were thrown into the air by a humpback whale during a whale watching excursion which brought them a little closer to the action than they had bargained for!

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