A SPECIES of whale believed to be so old and mysterious that harpoon arrows from 100 years ago were found to be embedded in them. A giant bowhead whale was captured off the coast of Alaska with a ...

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

A SPECIES of whale believed to be so old and mysterious that harpoon arrows from 100 years ago were found to be embedded in them. A giant bowhead whale was captured off the coast of Alaska with a ...

A Bowhead whale was found with a century-old harpoon fragment in its neck (Picture: Mads Peter Heide-Jurgensen) A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a ...

A Bowhead whale was found with a century-old harpoon fragment in its neck (Picture: Mads Peter Heide-Jurgensen) The tip of the bomb lance fragment, patented in 1879, ...

A 19th-century weapon found in the neck of a 50-ton bowhead whale caught off Alaska shows that cetaceans can live more than 100 ... Harpoon proves whale is 115-130 years old. Mongabay.com. 12 Jun ...

After a 2007 hunt, a whaling captain in Barrow found a fragment of a "bomb lance" — used to hunt whales in the Arctic for almost 150 years, it's a harpoon infused with gunpowder that explodes on ...

November 01, 2016 at 1:00am GMT. A DONEGAL graveyard which holds the final resting place of the inventor of mechanised whaling harpoon gun is to undergo a major facelift.