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Been having a whale of a time? Or like us, been wondering where on earth that phrase might have come from? Our recent search on a popular search engine suggests that the phrase came from whalers who many years ago had a whale of a time out whaling. Wonder what the whales would have to say about that?

There’s no denying it: whales are a big issue all around the world. They are a source of fascination for many people. They inhabit the deepest of our oceans, they can count amongst them the largest animal on earth – the blue whale - and much of their behaviour remains a mystery to us inquisitive humans. And yet their size and their blubber have made them an easy and attractive target for hunting. But more about that later…

For more general information about whales, read on!