More than 20 years ago, when I was studying for a doctor's degree, I read in a newspaper a whale had been stranded in shallow waters off Bohai Bay near my university.

20多年前，当我还在攻读博士学位的时候，在报上看到一则消息：在渤海湾，我的学校就在那个地区，有一只鲸鱼搁浅了，奄奄一息。

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Vladimir Putin aims at a whale with a crossbow, to take a piece of its skin for analysis on the Olga Bay, some 240 kilometers north-east of Nakhodka, on August 25, 2010.

2010年8月25日，纳霍德卡东北240公里以外的奥尔加湾，普京正在用弩瞄准一头鲸，以便取下它的一块皮肤作分析。

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A white humpback whale named Migaloo is seen off the coast of Byron Bay, Australia.

澳大利亚拜伦大利亚湾海面上一只取名为白鲸的白色驼背鲸。

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If you're lucky -- and most are in August -- you'll see at least one of the 11 species of whale that visit the bay every summer.

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The navy has also noted the location of a sperm whale off Mull which was seen in Oban bay earlier this month.

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Helen Michie's Whale Skull Bone, artwork in the shape of the bones of a minke whale, is planned for a site above the beach at Dunnet Bay.

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