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01/21/2006 11:55:59 AM · #1 |
If anybody is interested in seeing the bottle-nosed whale being rescued from the Thames then go here, at the top of a page is a link to the live video;
//news.bbc.co.uk/
It's on a barge at the moment, they think they'll be able to release it into the open sea at 21:00, but they're not too sure about its health.
Message edited by author 2006-01-21 11:56:05. |
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01/21/2006 12:10:23 PM · #2 |
| I watch nature shows all the time. Why is it when a lion get's bit by a snake they let it die so as to not "interfere with nature" but when a whale washes up on shore we all band together to make sure it's as safe as possible? |
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01/21/2006 12:16:49 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Megatherian:
I watch nature shows all the time. Why is it when a lion get's bit by a snake they let it die so as to not "interfere with nature" but when a whale washes up on shore we all band together to make sure it's as safe as possible? |
You must have never smelled a dead rotting whale. Not to mention that they can bloat up with gases and explode. It'd stench up the whole of London.
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01/21/2006 12:23:01 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by Megatherian:
I watch nature shows all the time. Why is it when a lion get's bit by a snake they let it die so as to not "interfere with nature" but when a whale washes up on shore we all band together to make sure it's as safe as possible? |
You must have never smelled a dead rotting whale. Not to mention that they can bloat up with gases and explode. It'd stench up the whole of London. |
If it fights it out on it's own and survives then great! If not then I say it's Luau time! |
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01/21/2006 12:33:25 PM · #5 |
| Well, its just taken a 'turn for the worse', so we'll see... |
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01/21/2006 01:36:02 PM · #6 |
I've just driven up from London today and was tempted to try and get a shot of this for the wildlife challenge but decided my lens wasn't up to it. I wonder if we will see it there from one of the London crew of DPC???
Hoping it will eventually manage to be released and take its chances in the open sea.
Definitely Free Wally!
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01/21/2006 02:26:52 PM · #7 |
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01/21/2006 02:46:26 PM · #8 |
beat me I just looked at sky news and thought I better put it up
//www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13496367,00.html
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01/21/2006 02:51:18 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Not to mention that they can bloat up with gases and explode. |
I doubt they can bloat up and explode, but you can always load them up with dynamite and make them explode anyway.
Notorious exploding whale video right here
it's actually quite funny |
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01/21/2006 02:52:56 PM · #10 |
another bit of whale trivia:
what type of whale tends to get lost most often and wash ashore?
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pilot whale! no, I'm not joking. at least it's true up here. |
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01/21/2006 03:04:11 PM · #11 |
Well it looks as though the whale never made it out.
"An 18ft whale that became stranded in the River Thames dies after a massive rescue attempt." from the BBC
It's a shame but i think thats why it went up river :(
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01/21/2006 03:18:40 PM · #12 |
| Im in Italy and have been watching a british news feed. The whale died, but they are not sure that he was sick before going upriver. Could have been humans making sonar noise in the water that confused him, for instance. |
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01/21/2006 03:56:19 PM · #13 |
sadly its passed now. who said what about a luau?
poor poor willy |
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01/21/2006 04:47:25 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by photogrl:
sadly its passed now. who said what about a luau?
poor poor willy |
Hey if he's dead put him to good use, better than just letting 'em rot. |
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