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It took 102 years for a colony of Italian snails to be discovered at the National Trust estate of Cliveden in Buckinghamshire. Experts say the snails must have arrived...
Blue whale
18th June 2010
The largest-ever-recorded blue whale was an Antarctic female who also measured 30.5m long and weighed 144 tonnes, according to a new online guide compiled by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. www.wdcs.org.uk
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