Saturday, January 21, 2006

weeping for the whale

Ok I exaggerate, and I never was the animal-lover sort, but I do feel a real twist of sadness and grief, for London's loss of its baby water guest. So soon after I got acquainted with him too (well, 'it' actually since no one has told me if it's a he or she), and mostly through the news unfortunately, since I didn't dare visit the Thames. But if you don't know what I'm talking about, you can acquaint yourself with the little, bottle-nosed, whale-sized (5m long) whale, here:

whale arrives in Thames

whale's sad demise in Thames
whale in pictures

In case you still think it's a joke or hoax or something, it isn't! It made front page news on the Guardian too. haha. boohoo.

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