Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1905-06-09 | Page 2 | Whales Defend Their Young

WHALES DEFEND THEIR YOUNG S trong strong affection exists among levia thans thana of the sea whales like so I 1 many other ant aal mals aro are bravo brave to in defense of their lit tle ones A young whale was one once harpooned its mother la in great ua dis came and seizing hold of 0 IL it dived with it to a considerable depth then bhe lose to the and dart ed this way and that as it vainly seeking for some other means ot of escape though closely followed by the boats she made no effort to got get away aay her self her sole thought was tor for her child at last she was harpooned hut but een then she bhe clung to her little one until in tho the course of an hour both were dead amialea are affectionate compa companions alons two tao whales were one swimming together and oco of them was mas harpooned the mounded ant mal iss insisted isted by her friend made a terrible resistance and sent a boat with mith five men la it to the bottom at length the injured ono one died of her wounds when her companion rather than survive her stretched his held hea over her dead body and allowed him solf self to be killed little folks