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The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon

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Brito, Cristina, Vieira, Nina, Freitas, Joana G. (2019): The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3

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