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A humpback whale was spotted in a California river, 60 miles from its Pacific Ocean home

A humpback whale was spotted in a California river, 60 miles from its Pacific Ocean home
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Denny Glover was hoping for a big catch when he went fishing with buddies on the Sacramento River, but he wasn't expecting a fully grown humpback whale. Glover saw the whale surfacing on Wednesday while he was fishing for salmon and striped bass from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) boat, less than half th...

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