31.   Longtime whale observers say that whales are sometimes as curious about us as we are about them.

32.   Many mature whales were too weak to make the whole trip and died along the way.

33.   Minutes later the whale was back on my side, raising its blemished nose again, its long jaw set in a comical overbite.

34.   On land, the whale would be crushed to death by its own weight.

35.   Sound experiments are useful in showing not only where the whales are, but also how they swim, and perhaps why they do not evade ships.

36.   Still, the whales would arguably be even more impressive against silence.

37.   The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday launched a formal status-review to determine if the whales are threatened or endangered.

38.   The overall message should be to keep your distance and remember that whales are not in Southeast Alaska to entertain tourists.

39.   The whale had apparently been accidentally rammed and killed by a Navy destroyer.

40.   The whales are mostly animatronic in this one.