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the caption told ahab that he did not believe the white whale exsisted

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Captain Ahab did not kill the whale in the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. Instead, the whale, Moby Dick, kills Captain Ahab by dragging him underwater during a final confrontation.

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Captain Ahab was seeking revenge. The "Great White Whale" had dismembered Ahab, leaving him with only one leg and the other was a wooden peg.

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