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Then God created the whale!
To care for the ocean's ecosystem.
Genesis 1:21
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good!
Megaptera Novaeangliae,
the humpback whale is truly a magnificent creature!
With a weight of 40 tons, it is awe-inspiring to watch adult whales propelling themselves out of the water in dramatic breaches.
Underwater, they sing to each other, especially during mating season.
Scientists reveal these gentle giants travel over 3,500 miles to find their partners.
Humpback whales live in the world's major oceans. They migrate enormous distances scooping up plankton & krill.
Whalers covet these graceful creatures!
Yes, commercial whaling decimated the numbers of whales from the 19th through the mid 20th century.
Bans on whaling in the 1980s have allowed humpback populations to recover in recent decades.
According to Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee, the humpback whale is off the endangered list in Australia — a…
