SRD0049. mattanza (the killing): tuna from the tonnara (tuna fishery), a 1200-year-old fishery for giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, is the basis for culture in Italy, Sardinia, Mediterranean
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SRD0050. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, herded into chambers by a diver, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
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SRD0051. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0052. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0053. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0054. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0055. swordfish Xiphias gladius, worldwide, can tolerate temperatures of 5C and dive to 650m, use sword to kill prey such as squid, to 14 feet and 1200 lb, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0056. swordfish Xiphias gladius, worldwide, can tolerate temperatures of 5C and dive to 650m, use sword to kill prey such as squid, to 14 feet and 1200 lb, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD0057. swordfish Xiphias gladius, worldwide, can tolerate temperatures of 5C and dive to 650m, use sword to kill prey such as squid, to 14 feet and 1200 lb, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD1001. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD1002. school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, to 1500 lb, most valuable animals on Earth; 444 pound bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
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SRD1003. diver films a school of giant bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus which have swum into huge nets, a 444-lb bluefin sold at Japanese auction for $175,000; Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean