http://www.jamesraposa.com/index e dot dot dot - a mostly about the Internet weblog by James Raposa en http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2006/01/23#lost_whale I know I'm a bit late with this but I just thought I'd follow up on my post from the other day.<br /><br />Unfortunately, London's misguided Thames whale, died on Saturday as rescuers transported it on a barge towards deeper water in the Thames Estuary.<br /><br />Complete BBC report on the attempted rescue <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4635874.stm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><!--ttag:london, thames, whale--> http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2006/01/20#london_thames_whale <img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/europe_enl_1137768745/img/1.jpg"><br /><br />Yup... it's a whale (a northern bottle nose to be precise), and it's actually in the Thames, swimming past London's Houses of Parliament.<br /><br />The complete story <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4631396.stm" target="_blank">here</a>. More pictures <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4632194.stm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Only in this instantaneous age of the internet would this story, and the pictures to go with it, spread so fast.<br /><br />Here's some excellent <a href="http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=162" target="_blank">background info.</a> on the species.<br /><br />By the way... if you just happened to be in London today and snapped some pics of this marvelous marine mammal yourself, you can send them here:<br /><br /><a href="mailto:yourpics@bbc.co.uk?subject=20060120 thames whale pics">yourpics@bbc.co.uk</a><br /><!--ttag:london, whale-->