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Humpback, fin whales return to waters off Montauk
Photo credit: Richard Slattery | A Humpback whale slaps its tail in the Great South Channel off the coast of Chatham, Massachusetts.
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To the delight of local whale watchers, humpback and fin whales have returned to waters off Montauk where they had been largely absent for several years.
"That was a big one!" exclaimed Dylan Kay, 8, of Ridgewood, N.J., as a fin whale surfaced less than a hundred feet from the bow of the 140-foot long Viking Starship.
Tuesday, Kay and 78 other passengers from Long Island, New York City...
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