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Gary says:
> I can add some personal observations. Sunday we were offshore southern
> California about 5 NM south west of Port Hueneme where we saw two
> humped back whales. We watched these whales for some time and they
> appeared to be on about a seven minute schedule. One surfaced so close
> to the boat that we could hear him blow and then smelled his breath
> which was very "fishy." Since he had been down only about seven
> minutes and we were in only thirteen fathoms it would appear George's
> "fart" theory for the "fishy" smell has been disproved.

 One observation of a different species in (presumably) shallow
coastal waters in another hemisphere? Am not sure this disproves
anything. It could be like making a conclusion about the physiology of
camels based on a single observation of a beaver.

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