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Show Divine Wlmlri. j ilfl It might seem to a hiyiunii thnt the y !l depth to which a whale can dive Is 'IH not a particularly Interesting (pies- j 'IH t Ion, und yet science has made It the '' IH sulijuct of Investigate Sailors be- j ,1M llevo that big whales can dlvo nwny 3 ,1'H down toward tho bottom of the ocean, $ (H and one sclentillc Investigator has es- K H tlmatcd that they go nt least two- liiM thirds of u mile. Hut Dr. ltucovltza, K 'IH of tho Uclglaii Antarctic expedition, jj jH lu writing on tlic subject, contends U lILI unit about !iOO feet Is the greatest jH depth to which a whale can dive. Ho- 3 H low that to any great depth the pres- m jH sure Is too much for them to withstand Jg H It. Itcsldcs, thero Is no need for them JJ' H to dlvo to great depths, for tho Hsh f ,H on which they feed live near tho sur- Si H face. gj j H |