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A Just So Beginning: This Whale Bit Off More Than He Can Chew


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Happy Belated Mother's Day!

We begin Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories with the first Story How The Whale Got His Throat. Just So Stories are whimsical tales about natural phenomena to help spark a child's imagination! Perfect for Mother's Day, and helps everyone connect to their inner child.

Learn about baleen's uses. Not just how these whales eat, but people have uses for it as well!

Explore whale bonds, and how they care for each other.

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Sources:

"Baleen." Anchorage Museum. anchoragemuseum.org. Accessed 10 May 2026

Stewart, John. Rudyard Kipling. Brittanica.com. 30 Mar. 2026. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026. britannica.com/biography/Rudyard-Kipling

"Rudyard Kipling: A Secret Life." YouTube, uploaded by YouTube Movies & TV, 1997, youtube.com/watch?v=YV261syyMCU

"Patrick and the Whale." Nature, Season 42, Episode 12. PBS, 21 Feb. 2024. Accessed 9 May 2026.

"Sperm Whales - Dealing With the Unexpected." Directed by Bertrand Loyer. Saint Thomas Productions, 2005. Accessed 9 May 2026.

Kipling, Rudyard. "How The Whale Got His Throat." Just So Stories. 1902. Ebook ed., Project Gutenberg. Original Release 2001. Most Recent Update 2019. gutenberg.org

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