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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: "Stinky Whale" Mystery Stymies Scientists, Aboriginal Hunters


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Russian aboriginal hunters are finding their major food source—the gray whale—inedible these days.

That's because some gray whales, including this specimen being cremated above, have developed a mysterious "stinky" smell and icky taste. The cause of the odor is still a mystery to scientists.

Photograph courtesy Gennady Zelensky