481 Moby Dick - 10 Essential Questions (Part One)
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The Speed of a Whale Boat
Most humans can swim two miles per hour. That's how slow it takes them to get through the water. Imagine a car moving toward you at 25 miles an hour, except a car is about the size of a whale's heart. An elephant is theSize of three blocks, three school buses,. It's the mass and weight of eight DC nine airplanes. A massive object coming toward you with shocking speed came toward your wooden ship back to Owen Chase.
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