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May 17, 2007
Go eye to eye with a Blue Whale
If you had assumed you would never to get to see a blue whale, think again. Now you can experience the magnitude of the world’s biggest animal just by sitting at your desk, thanks to an interactive banner from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
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The charity was donated the banner, which features the giant eye of the computer-generated blue whale, by German advertising agency Jung von Matt. Double-clicking on the advert loads a new window where visitors can navigate around a life-size image of the whale scrolling across their screens.
Nicolas Entrup, a spokesman for WDCS, said: “We want the banner to demonstrate to people how amazing these animals are and how important it is that we do everything in our power to protect them. We hope that this life size blue whale in the Net becomes the ambassador for large whales in the wild.”
For more information about the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society visit www.wdcs.org
Posted by Surfbirds at May 17, 2007 8:05 PM
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