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Fin whale caught on propellers, dies
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-11 10:10

                  Workers fix lines as they prepare to hoist a 45-tonne fin whale onto a flatbed truck in Contrecouer, Quebec April 10, 2006. The endangered whale was believed to have become caught on the propellers of a Danish cargo ship and drifted back down the St. Lawrence River after sailors released the dead animal from their ship. [Reuters]

Workers fix lines as they prepare to hoist a 45-tonne fin whale onto a flatbed truck in Contrecouer, Quebec April 10, 2006. The endangered whale was believed to have become caught on the propellers of a Danish cargo ship and drifted back down the St. Lawrence River after sailors released the dead animal from their ship. [Reuters]


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