A whale makes a comeback off Argentina's coast 100 years after vanishing

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Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect them are put in place.

Item 1 of 4 A Sei whale is pictured after scientists identified the endangered species on Argentina's Patagonia coast for a first time since 1929, in the San Jorge Gulf, Chubut province, Argentina April 14, 2024, in this screengrab taken from video.

"They disappeared because they were hunted, they did not become extinct but were so reduced that no one saw them," said Mariano Coscarella, biologist and researcher in marine ecosystems at the Argentine state science body CONICET. "In this case it took over 80 years," Coscarella said. "They breed every 2 or 3 years and so it took almost 100 years for them to have appreciable numbers for people to realize they were there."

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