Blue whales 'making a comeback'

[muriel_volestrangler]

The blue whale, possibly the largest animal ever to live on Earth, is making a comeback, scientists have said.

Data shows that the population of marine mammal in the Southern Hemisphere have increased from a few hundred to a few thousand.

Before the commercial hunting era, there would have been hundreds of thousands in the oceans.
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The 1930-1931 season alone saw about 30,000 prised from the oceans.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6710051.stm

A bit of good news. But 30,000 in a single year? :wow: