Credit: Michaël CATANZARITI
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Credit: Gabriel Barathieu
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Comments: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.
Whale — "And God created great whales..." (Genesis 1:21 A.V.[15]) Hebrew Tânnîn - Strongs: H8577 can also be translated as "sea-monster"; porpoises and dugongs were also known to the Hebrews. In Matthew 12:40, Jesus compared his own burial to Jonah's entombment in the forestomach of a whale.[12]
