The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 58National Geographic Society, 1931 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... whaling business the world over was doomed to early extinction . Defenseless monsters , the poor whales do not get an even break ! Nature ironically dooms them by causing them to signal their own destruction . If whales were equipped to ...
... whaling business the world over was doomed to early extinction . Defenseless monsters , the poor whales do not get an even break ! Nature ironically dooms them by causing them to signal their own destruction . If whales were equipped to ...
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... whales . To me killer whales are terrifying creatures . They are bigger than the average shark , are carnivorous and pugnacious . They travel in schools and make quick work of the great 80- or 90- ton blue whales on which they prey . On ...
... whales . To me killer whales are terrifying creatures . They are bigger than the average shark , are carnivorous and pugnacious . They travel in schools and make quick work of the great 80- or 90- ton blue whales on which they prey . On ...
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... whales ( also known as caaing or pilot whales , or blackfish , a species of dolphin ) had been sighted . We saw the whales , but I failed to see a native whale hunt brought to the gory success that makes it such an astounding combat ...
... whales ( also known as caaing or pilot whales , or blackfish , a species of dolphin ) had been sighted . We saw the whales , but I failed to see a native whale hunt brought to the gory success that makes it such an astounding combat ...
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Château LandFrances Pageant on the Loire 10 illustrations in color 466 | 272 |
Color Cameras First Aërial Success By MELVILLE BELL GROSVENOR 9 illustrations | 344 |
Gigantic Brazil and Its Glittering Capital By FREDERICK SIMPICH__ 733 | 385 |
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