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Like a fish out of water II...

'Alien beings. Their whole body: every bone, every membrane, every hollow, Part of an enormous ear, Twenty times as sensitive as man's"

Heathcote Williams, "Whale Nation", 1988.

It was the"otherness" of such a mountain of dead flesh that attracted the crowds as if they needed to see with their own eyes the Leviathan even in such as sorry and final state.

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Sperm Whale bull washes up on Norfolk Coast

A 40-foot-long Sperm whale bull was washed up on the beach at Old Hunstanton, in Norfolk, UK. 26th December 2011

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Macerated skin

"The whale's insulating wet-suits hacked off in flensing ships In untold billions: For fuel;"

Heathcote Williams, "Whale Nation", 1988.

With skin like oiled silk, Smooth as glass

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Content Published August 3, 2015

Like a fish out of water...

'Alien beings. Their whole body: every bone, every membrane, every hollow, Part of an enormous ear, Twenty times as sensitive as man's"

Heathcote Williams, "Whale Nation", 1988.

It was the"otherness" of such a mountain of dead flesh that attracted the crowds as if they needed to see with their own eyes the Leviathan even in such as sorry and final state.

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48 millions years of evolution

"This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans..."

Herman Melville, "Moby Dick, Or the Whale", 1851.

All Cetaceans are marine mammal descendants of land mammals such as the Pakicetus not unlike the dog in this image.

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Winner "Prix de la Photographie Paris" 2016.

José Javier Delgado Esteban of Spain was Awarded: First Prize in category Press for the entry entitled, " Like fish out of water ." The jury selected PX3 2016’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. Read more
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Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) London, UK (30 July, 2015) announces winners of 1st FAPA competition. Photographer José Javier Delgado Esteban was awarded First Prize in Wildlife / Animals for the entry entitled Whale Nation: Humpback Whales of the… Read more
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