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Humpback whales rebound in South Africa

March 31, 2020

A moratorium on commercial whaling in 1985 has helped humpback whales resurge off South Africa's coast. Populations had fallen by as much as 95%. Now their comeback is hailed as one of the world's great recoveries.

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