Whale in Central London?????

[sybrows]

Just clocked this on the news, so for all who are dutifully at work heres the linky :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4631396.stm

How random, the poor little bleeder, whales for justice

BrOw

[Zathras]

Watched it swim up by the Embankment just by our office several hours ago. It's currently near Battersea and we're hoping it'll make its return journey down the Thames before it goes dark. Either that or it's a good excuse to go to the Sherlock on Northumberland Ave after work to sink a few pints while waiting for it.

http://www.lewiswhalewatch.blogspot.com/

Doesn't sound like it's in too good a way at the moment tho

[Stevo]

There is live coverage of it from the bbc website. I'm watching it now though yet to spot any sign of the whale.

[jamin]

You often see a Whale or Dolphins off of Southend Pier. But its pretty unhead of for one to be that far up! Maybe its running from a Japanese whaling ship!

[Taz]

Watching it on BBC News 24. I'm gutted for the whale! I really feel sorry for it.

[XA04]

lol. News to me, will have a look on the TV when I get home!

[TeePee]

I guess the water is warm, but it can't taste that fresh!

[unreal]

Wow bluddy hell

Kinda cool, but this isn't a pretty situation really... I can't imagine the River Thames being very clean either - In fact, if someone dropped me in the middle I wouldn't stand it

[smtkr]

Are there ginormous crowds gathered along the river?

[shiato storm]

i used to see seals when I rowed in london from time to time, had one pop up out of the water just next to me once!

[Lee H]

I bet its not a whale... more a case of John Prescott seeing the Russian's on the news last night dipping in the water whilst in -30+ conditions and thinking I could do that over here if they can do it.

Quite an easy mistake to get the 2 confused really.

<groan>

On a serious note, thats bizarre if the whales made it up the Thames. Maybe it's got lost chasing some food, but I bet at least 1 environmental group spouts the words "global warming" as the cause before the end of the day.

Who knows... maybe the nosey little bugger wanted a sightseeing tour of London

[hitman67]

He possibly want's to visit the dome... Well, what the government would like to think.

[Jonny M]

There's a whale there's a whale there's a whale fish he cried, and the whale was in full view.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...134586-9668942

[Norky]

Mr. Scruff, a fine looking fellow, friend of all the creatures in the sea

Poor thing, probably being pelted by cans

[Taz]

The BBC have really annoyed me: they just did a report on the whale with the caption: "RSPCA urging media to keep away". So, what do they do? They go to a live report from the scene!

FFS, are they that desperate to get viewers? I usually am in 100% support of the BBC but today they are acting like chavs.

I hope it manages to swim back out but an RSPCA spokeswoman is saying that "it doesn't look good".

[sybrows]

The BBC have really annoyed me: they just did a report on the whale with the caption: "RSPCA urging media to keep away". So, what do they do? They go to a live report from the scene!

FFS, are they that desperate to get viewers? I usually am in 100% support of the BBC but today they are acting like chavs.

I hope it manages to swim back out but an RSPCA spokeswoman is saying that "it doesn't look good".

I reckon that Helicopters flyin over the poor little blighter (s)all day is enough to freak them out.....well done for creating the animal cruelty story BBC!!!. allegedly there are two of em ... firstly I hope they have hooked up again and secondly i hope they are ok...Whats the latest on telly peeps?
BrOw