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This is the blue whale of our time

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

From Charles Clover in the Independent:  

(Sorry, but you will still not get me to touch the stuff……………!)

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a dark, steel-blue teardrop of a fish which migrates across whole oceans and can swim at speeds of up to 45mph. Its acceleration, as it locks on to a ball of bait-fish, has been likened to a supercar.

The bluefin can turn on this electric display because it is one ...


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