Read more minke stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17199/minke.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 16:04:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71023/us-lensman-captures-life-size-whale-pics.htmlMary Papenfuss<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=299405&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331213403' border='0' />A US lensman who has opened an exhibit of life-size whale photographs in Norway calls the great beasts "the most friendly and inquisitive carnivores on the planet." Bryant Austin spent five years, including days diving with "exceptional individual" whales he could touch, to collect enough photos to create his composite...This photo provided by Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Safari shows a Blue Whale surfacing in the Pacific Ocean near Dana Point,Ca.http://www.newser.com/story/71023/us-lensman-captures-life-size-whale-pics.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 02:35:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21056/japanese-frankenwhale-experiments-slammed.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=81758&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020735' border='0' />Scientists have reviewed the research Japan uses to justify hunting whales, and they've concluded that it is mostly useless—and very weird, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports. Researchers tried to fertilize cow and pig eggs with whale sperm, and to create test-tube whales from frozen sperm. "It's totally esoteric, very strange...This undated handout photo released by the Australian Customs Service, shows what the Australian government says is the slain carcasses of a minke whale and her calf hauled aboard the Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru 2 in the Antarctic waters. (AP Photo/Australian Customs Service, HO)http://www.newser.com/story/21056/japanese-frankenwhale-experiments-slammed.htmlSat, 08 Mar 2008 11:14:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11986/whale-beached-in-amazon.htmlMary Papenfuss<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=47101&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401025650' border='0' />Frantic villagers yesterday splashed water to try to save the life of a whale beached in a river in the Amazon rain forest 1,000 miles from the ocean. The 18-foot minke whale was stuck on a sandbar in the Tapajos River in Brazil. "It apparently got separated from its...Minke whale.http://www.newser.com/story/11986/whale-beached-in-amazon.htmlSun, 18 Nov 2007 07:50:54 CST