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The distinctive tail of Whale 1363 was photographed off the Brazil coast in 1999, and off Madagascar two years later. (Courtesy Allied Whale, College of The Atlantic) |

Tail of a whale, snapped in 2 seas, reveals surprising wanderlust
By scouring a photo-sharing website for tourists’ pictures of whales, a citizen scientist from Maine has helped to document a female humpback’s record-breaking 6,000-mile journey from Brazil to Madagascar. (Full article: 729 words)
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