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Letter: Whale you were out

Published 4 June 2008

From Jerry Langrick

Could the rise in numbers of inedible whales in a declining population (10 May, p 41) be a predictable survival strategy?

It would be interesting to discover whether “stinky whale” syndrome is an environmental response or a hereditary trait. That might be an opportunity for a genuinely useful piece of scientific whaling.

Market Harborough, Leicestershire, UK

Issue no. 2659 published 7 June 2008

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