whale swims up the thames!!

**GiantMonkeyMan** · 01-20-2006, 20:43

'A small whale swam up the Thames to central London on Friday, a rare event which drew large crowds of sightseers and brought traffic to a standstill.'
it beached several times but people helped move it on

link here

this is just class

i wish i had been there to see it in 'person' but i live miles away

**Devastatin Dave** · 01-20-2006, 20:45

Poor thing, I hope they can guide it back to the sea. The water is not a good quality for a mammal with this type of skin.

**GiantMonkeyMan** · 01-20-2006, 22:41

they think it is getting cleaner because there are more fish in the thames and thats why the whales and porpoises (sp?) are more commonly being seen further up the thames...

**Big King Sanctaphrax** · 01-20-2006, 22:44

Yes, the Thames is getting much cleaner. There are salmon now, which haven't been around in that particular river for a very long time.

I hope the whale is all right.

**Dutch_guy** · 01-21-2006, 15:28

Good story.

As said I do hope this tourist Whale, as he really has been behaving like a tourist, survives this ordeal.

**Mikeus Caesar** · 01-21-2006, 16:26

I doubt it will survive, but you really do have to wonder how it got past the barrier. After all, they knew the whales were coming up river before they reached the barrier, so why didn't they just close the barrier?

Btw, has anyone seen a drawing of what these things look like? Utterly bizarre. Like a decapitated whale with a dolphins head stuck on.