At age 12 this Nova Scotia native got bored with school and enrolled at Dalhousie University.

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George MacKenzie, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, said the letters confirmed the importance of the Dalhousie and Melville archives.

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Boris Worm, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada says the weirdest fish of all is the one they call the rattail.

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But a study of marine life done at the time, uncovered recently by one of Ransom Myers' students at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, portrays a different picture.

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More than 400km long, the easily navigated ocean route that reaches from the town of Dalhousie to Port Elgin includes several worthwhile stops, including the Acadian Historic Village.

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That was among the findings of a second study, also released this week, in which researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia compiled and analyzed media reports on 41 high-profile teen suicides dating back to 2003.

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Professor Hal Whitehead, a researcher from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, who studies whales, was impressed by the data, but said the suggestion that whales might be herding a ball of squid may be a little "far-fetched".

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Dr. BORIS WORM (Assistant Professor, Marine Conservation Biology, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada): They have a huge head, a big mouth with which they can engulf their prey and then the rest of their body is a long tapering tail.

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