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Whale With 19th-Century Harpoon Is Real, But Viral Images Are Misleading

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025Pranpreeya

A social media post claims a whale was found with a harpoon lodged in its body for over a hundred years. The post suggests this is evidence of long whale lifespans. Upon investigation, we found that the images accompanying the claim does not actually depict this discovery. Social Media Posts Recently, multiple social media users […]

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