whale of a time capsule

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Scientists calculate a whale's age by chemically analyzing the amino acids in the animal's eye lenses. Individual amino acids accumulate structural changes in whales' eye lenses making them cloudier as they age. Experts mentioned that even though it's unusual to find a whale that is more than a century old, several bowheads have been found that were close to 200 years old. Based on what is known about the bomb lance fragment, this individual was estimated to be roughly 130 years old, so it would have been born in 1877.

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