< The 5-million-year-old fossilized remains of a whale from the Pliocene epoch were discovered in late February on the property of Castello Banfi in Tuscany's Montalcino region. Local paleontologist Simone Casati and his team are working to excavate the remains of the entire 10-meter-long beast.
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