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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Hump-backed Whale, Aberthaw, 17/10/82
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 17/10/1982

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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Whalebone of baleen whale (hum-backed). Aberthaw, October 17th 1982
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 17/10/1982

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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Hump-back. Aberthaw. Flipper and tongue, 18/10/82
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 18/10/1982

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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Crowds gather to view stranded hump-backed whale, Aberthaw, 17/10/82
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 17/10/1982

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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Hump-backed whale. Scars of barnacles on flipper which is one third of total length. Aberthaw, 17/10/82
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 17/10/1982

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Humpback Whale, Gilestone, 17/10/82

Hump-backed whale. Rhoose cliffs beyond. 3rd day after stranding on 16/10/82. Note long flippers. Internal bloating has pushed tongue out to right.
Marys species name: Hump-backed whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback Whale

Date: 18/10/1982

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South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC)
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Dr Mary Gillham
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