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Open Image ModalA blue whale washed up on the shore of Trout River, N.L. in April 2014, and nearby residents feared it would explode. (credit:Don Bradshaw via The Canadian Press)
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Open Image ModalA killer whale that was trapped in a remote bay for three weeks along B.C.\'s central coast was freed by Vancouver Aquarium staff and federal Fisheries Department researchers. (credit:Vancouver Aquarium)
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Open Image ModalThis gallery shows a series of images of orcas photographed amid research by Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard in the summer of 2013. The Vancouver Aquarium cetacean researcher found that the normally chatty animals had gone quiet. (credit:Vancouver Aquarium)
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