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Article: Feel the wonder of whale-watching.(Travel)
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- The Boston Herald
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- June 4, 2000
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Some have blunt teeth, others sharp and some have none at all. Their cavernous mouths are equipped with baleen, a bony plate that can strain a ton of krill from seawater in a single gulp.
We're talking about whales, the giants of the sea that still hold the record as the Earth's largest predators, cruising our oceans today as they have for 20 million years. A great way to spend a summer day is to climb aboard a whale-watch boat and cruise out into the bay in search of these magnificent creatures.
Experts agree that whales are extremely intelligent.
Though it can never be precisely measured, the consensus is that cetacean basic intelligence ...