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The White Humpback Whale In Captain Ahab's Moby Dick
Captain Ahab’s great white whale brings him destruction in the famous “Moby Dick”, but actual whales glide graceful and effortless through the ocean almost all of time. After the white whale in “Moby Dick”, there is perhaps no whale more well known among enthusiasts and scientists alike than Migaloo the white humpback whale. Migaloo the white humpback whale has been spotted this week off the coast of New Zealand as he makes his annual migration to warmer waters.
Migaloo the white humpback whale is the center of attention no matter where he swims
It’s not every day the average person encounters a humpback whale in the wild, and it’s probably once in a lifetime that someone sees Migaloo in the wild. Migaloo, believed to be around 26 years old,
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