finback
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Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
And the bodies of 28 humpback and 17 finback whales washed up on beaches in Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 31, 2019
The pair have chased a finback whale from Campobello to Brier Island in the middle of the night.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2018
If the finback swallowed Jonah, its throat should be big enough to fit him.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
I wonder at any whaling vessel coming out of their way after this species, for I have always heard from whalers that the finback is not worth hunting.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
