SOME INTERESTING HABITS 



that their bodies are almost touching and this habit 

 has given rise to stories, vouched for by reputable 

 scientific men, about an unknown whale with two dor- 

 sal fins. I could never bring myself to believe these 

 tales and often wondered how they originated, until 

 one day, while hunting off the coast of Japan with Cap- 



Two humpback whales swimming close together at the surface. 

 These animals were feeding and coming up to spout every 

 few seconds. 



tain Anderson, we saw a so-called "double-finned" 

 whale. A big finback was spouting in the distance and 

 as we were following a sei whale which was very wild, 

 the Captain decided to see if we could get a shot at 

 the new arrival. 



The whale was swimming at the surface and as 

 we neared the animal two dorsal fins were plainly 

 visible. Anderson was as excited as I because it 

 seemed that we would certainly "get fast" to the 

 mythical whale. \Ye watched every movement of the 

 animal as it slowly crossed our bows and we could 



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