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‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone

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A new scientific paper is set to prove what oceanic peoples such as the Inuit , Mari and Haida have long believed: that whales are capable of living for a very long time.

The paper suggests that the industrial hunting of great whales such as sperm, blue, fin and right whales, “masked” the ability of these underwater giants to live to great ages.

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83

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81

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43

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semi-formal

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English

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49

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medium-lived

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