MV DoÃ±a Paz. Called the greatest peace time maritime disaster in history, in 1987 the sinking of the MV DoÃ±a Paz led to 4,341 deaths with only 24 survivors. The ferry was en route to the capital of the Philippines when it collided with an oil tanker leaving both ships and the surrounding ocean to light up in flames.
One year, to their amazement, the carcass contained a jade harpoonâ the kind of harpoon that had not been used in the past hundred years. at least 100 years old. Sure enough, it turned out that the blue whales can live up to 110 years. By the way, this is called the footprint of the whale.
Whales are the largest animals that live on the planet. They are marine mammals that belong to the order of cetacea, which includes roughly 80 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Many species of whales migrate long distances each year between feeding and breeding grounds. 2  Whales are divided up between baleen whales and toothed whales. 3  Baleen whales are filter feeders, feeding on the oceans smallest organisms like krill, while toothed whales feed on fish, squid, and other marine mammals.