Word: belugas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beluga-whale committee...
...What kind of education is that? It's a gross injustice." Not so, says Kevin Walsh, director of training at New York's aquarium: "You can see them jumping and doing flips in the ocean. The flips just aren't as clean." Some "tricks" have dual purposes, as when beluga whales learn to put their tail in the air both for performances and for giving veterinarians access to do medical tests. Moreover, the narration that goes with many shows is full of facts about marine biology. Seeing dolphins and whales can make a particularly strong impression on children, teaching them...
...World Wildlife Fund notes that since some whales live as long as humans do, it can take decades for scientists to determine whether whaling is harming a species. Moreover, no one yet knows how hunting interacts with other pressures that affect whale populations, including pollution and shipping traffic. Beluga whales that wash ashore at the confluence of Canada's St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers are often so loaded with toxic chemicals that they are treated as hazardous waste...