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mako88sb 07-27-09 01:51 PM

Cruise ship arrives with a little surprise
 
Wow! Talk about a whale having a bad day.

http://ca.yahoo.com/s/941371

Rob

SteamWake 07-27-09 02:00 PM

Yea saw this.

No one realy knows if the whale was already dead when he got snagged. But they evidently dident even know it was there till they reached port :o

But if not one would think this kind of thing would happen more often.

Letum 07-27-09 03:36 PM

Hardly news. Whales get stuck on the front of ships all the time.
Often they slow smaller ships down and the ship is obliged to stop at wich
point the whale often limps out of the way.

bookworm_020 07-27-09 10:56 PM

Still doesn't pay to play chicken with something bigger than you!

Jimbuna 07-28-09 05:54 AM

Poor sod....lets hope whale meat wasn't on the evening menu :hmmm:

mako88sb 07-28-09 08:35 AM

"Hardly news. Whales get stuck on the front of ships all the time.
Often they slow smaller ships down and the ship is obliged to stop at wich
point the whale often limps out of the way."

That's interesting. Being a land locked landlubber from Calgary, I wasn't aware of that. I thought the newsworthy part was the fact a cruise ship arrived in port with one stuck to it's bow. I also thought it a bit strange that they didn't notice anything wrong. Probably happened at night but you would think they would of noticed higher then usual fuel consumption. Of course they may have but where at a loss to explain why.

Rob


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