Box Elder News Journal | 1905-06-08 | Page 2 | Whales Defend Their Young

WHALES DEFEND THEIR NOUNG I 1 strong affection eilf alst among bong levla levia i 1 I titans than of the sea I 1 ahil whales 03 lil like 8 no 00 many ally other oilier mill nl male are brave in defense ot of their litus little ones onea A young whale hale was once harpooned US mother in great ills dla came and selling seizing hold of at it dived belh fill it to a considerable dep depth th then she rose to the bin face R and a it darted this ray nay and that as it if vainly val rily seeking tor for tome other othe r means of escape though closely followed by the boats she he made no effort to got get away herself her sole sale thought was wa tor for her child at laal she w was barfod harpooned ned but even then shi she clung to her little on one e until la in tile the course of an hour bath were dead whaley whales are affectionate companions ta whales were one swimming together and andl one of them was 88 harpooned the bounded animal by her friend made a terrible resistance and sent a bon boat t with five men in it to the bottom at length the injured one died of her wounds when her compaction compan loii rather than survive her stretched his head I 1 over her dead body and allowed himself to bo be killed little folks