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Rescuers fail to tempt lost whales back to sea

by EdH May 18, 2007 5:20AM PDT

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Scientists thought the noise from the ship?s generator may have dissuaded the whales from approaching, so they transferred the sound equipment to a smaller boat several hours later. Twice the whales followed the sound and headed out of the port, but both times they turned back.

Joe Cordaro, a biologist at the National Marine Fishery Service, explained that they had used a mixture of whale noises to try and tempt the whales to safety.

Whale noises have the same effect on me.

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