Free Willy Returns - Whale In New York Harbor
Free Willy has gone astray! OK, so it’s not an Orca, but marine biologists have been keeping watch on a young whale that has wandered it’s way in New York Harbor and nearly ventured into a highly polluted water passage.
The whale is a 15-foot long minke whale that was wandering around Gowanus Bay, the outlet from the mile-long Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. The whale was behaving normally and did not appear to suffer from any diseases or injuries.
The last known incident of a whale in New York Harbor was in 2000, when a dead whale was discovered floating between Brooklyn and Staten Island, and had apparently been struck by a ship. Before that, however, a sick whale was discovered in 1993 and over the course of 8 months was nursed back to health at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island.
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Carin
so funny, they were talking on 1010winsAM that kids want the whale to stay, for a while but i think it would be better if they just put it in an aquarium.
Apr 18th, 2007
Jon Holato
UPDATE: I heard on the news this morning that the whale has died after beaching itself at an oil depot. It was swimming around the harbor for two days.
Apr 19th, 2007
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