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Search results for "Scientists documented whales in a group assisting in the birth"

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Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
Video shows dolphins saving a mother whale and newborn from sharks.
By Madison Czopek• May 13, 2024
Viral image stated on August 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"When two large whales do the nasty there’s sometimes this one bro who just sort of holds them up so they don’t float off."
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 6, 2019
SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad:
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• March 24, 2015
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
By Gabrielle Settles• December 23, 2021
Instagram posts stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.
By Tom Kertscher• February 8, 2023
Joe Cunningham stated on March 07, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
By Jon Greenberg• March 15, 2019
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program:
Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now."
By Robert Farley• April 30, 2010
Bloggers stated on February 11, 2017 in a headline:
"Japanese whaling crew eaten alive by killer whales, 16 dead."
By Joshua Gillin• February 23, 2017
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.”
By Sasha Hupka• July 16, 2021
Pew Environment Group stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 14, 2012
Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
By Andy Nguyen• July 27, 2022
Kat Cammack stated on July 21, 2022 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:
“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.”
By Julie Rovner• August 4, 2022
Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference:
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.
By Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2011
Jerome R. Corsi stated on April 28, 2020 in an article:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci's name appears on "4 U.S. patents for a key glycoprotein” used to “create the current COVID-19 epidemic.”
By Daniel Funke• May 12, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook:
Una ballena se traga a dos mujeres en California.
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• August 3, 2022
X posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a post:
“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”
By Grace Abels• January 29, 2025
Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Albert Einstein was a transgender.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 13, 2024
Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
By Katie Parkins, Allie Pecorin• October 5, 2017
Bloggers stated on May 06, 2021 in a blog post:
"Scientists Claim to Spot Fungus Growing on Mars in NASA Rover Photos”
By Madison Czopek• May 10, 2021

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