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Old 02-02-2008, 12:10 PM
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Just wanted to remind everyone that the humpback whales have arrived at their breeding grounds in Samana Bay and will be here until mid-March. No! It is NOT possible that you live here and have not seen them? Go quickly and quietly and perhaps no one will find out. truly a great wonder of the world.
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Old 02-02-2008, 04:33 PM
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thank you i did ask and was told they are here all the time from january.....at least you got there in the end
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:33 PM
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Has anyone ever posted photos of the whales on this site. I don't believe I've ever seen any.
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:57 PM
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Has anyone ever posted photos of the whales on this site. I don't believe I've ever seen any.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/483613-post1.html


Whale Samana - When the
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Old 02-02-2008, 10:08 PM
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How amazing is that!! great pictures!!

must be breathtaking!
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Old 02-02-2008, 10:14 PM
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Thanks I've definitely need to go and bring the kids to see with our own eyes.
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Old 02-02-2008, 11:37 PM
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Thank you, OP, for the alert and DominicanBoy for the amazing pictures--

Q: Were people wearing the yellow rain slickers due to rain?
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Old 02-03-2008, 02:03 AM
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oh...i thought this thread was about the canadian tourists arriving (DUCK!!!! lol)
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Old 02-03-2008, 02:10 AM
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Such horrible taste! I was going to add that the sankies should be lining up....
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Old 02-03-2008, 08:42 AM
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Men used to hunt whales with hand held harpoons:

''Be it distinctly recorded here,'' wrote Herman Melville in ''Moby-Dick,'' ''that the Nantucketers were the first among mankind to harpoon with civilized steel the great Sperm Whale; and that for half a century they were the only people of the whole globe who so harpooned him.''

from Nantucket, Aglow In Shades Of Gray - New York Times

They're still hunted but thankfully not in Samana Bay.
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