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...refreshments. The underwater scenery is breathtaking, and it's not unusual to see lobsters walking across the reef. The tour ends with a flight over the islands and reefs where, from an altitude of only a few hundred meters, it's easy to spot the spout of a migrating humpback whale or the remains of one of the many shipwrecks that dot the coast. Browse www.abrolhos.com.au for more details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Cuts | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...TIME Oman is the only Arab member of the International Whaling Commission, dedicated to the conservation of whales. The waters off the coast of Oman are home to more than 20 species of marine mammals and provide both breeding and feeding grounds for sperm whales, dolphins and the endangered humpback whales. Head to the bluffs above Muscat to spot dolphins frolicking, or book a whale-watching cruise at Marina Bander al-Rowdha by calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Cuts | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...guide them to remote places on the island. "They know all the nooks and crannies," says Marsha. "What's nice is that when you get to some of the beaches they know about, no one else is there." Each week offers a boat excursion on the ocean to observe humpback whales and a trip to the mainland to spend time at Bar Harbor's oceanarium and its lobster hatchery. Along the shore, there are walks to learn about the creatures that reside in tidal pools. Says Heider: "We turn kids on at an early age to outdoor science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Summer Campus | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

Your article on the potential for genetically manipulating humans has left me wondering if scientists have been doing it for years. I am sure Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is the product of splicing the tail gene of a humpback whale onto the foot gene of a human. PETER CHARTER Durban, South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...doing in my entire life: "Yeah, this summer I'm going to travel to Tanzania and help the new government plan a capitalist economy, while faxing my weekly column in to Newsweek. Then I start my gig with Greenpeace in August and I hope to have saved the humpback whales by September...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, | Title: Lazy Days Are No More | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

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