General Chat

Cheeky Paul .... PMSL I honestly don't know what you think can be done for this poor, distressed , wild animal. It is not a dog or cat which can be rescued. The pilots on the Thames have been doing their best to try and guide the whale away from the banks and have been trying to turn it. This animal is 20 ft, long and weighs 2 tonnes. I do hope it can find its way back to the sea but I don't think it is very likely. Jean x.

If they wait until it does beach itself it ought to be relatively easy to put it in a sling and Helicopter it back to deep sea. On the other hand, should we interfere with Nature at all? Dr Doolittle, you talk to it and stop making the rest of us feel guilty!

Could be an old whale, and the flock of gulls circling it are waiting for it to die. D

just hope they're keeping a lookout for japanese men with harpoons...

I heard an expert on CNN earlier saying that there have been some unusual activity concerning whales within the past few weeks. They think it might have something to do with the earths magnetic field!!

maybe the whales are on the attack...

No, a third whale, there's already one in southend. Its not confirmed yet though.

you mean a second whale ?

Apparently there has been reports of a whale being sighted near Canary Wharf!!!!

Paul there was talk of going to the Fish Market which is not far away from where the whale is so hopefully there will try and feed it if it takes it is another matter,

I'll cry if he dies :-(((( Seriously, i'm such a wimp with things like that!

The sea in southend is the thames so maybe they got seperated, this is so sad i hope they find eachother xx

perhaps the experts are busy, working out how to help the whale

Paul, There will not be a readily available source of food for a whale in or near the River Thames. It's fresh water and does not support the kind of sea creatures whales eat. I'm certain there will be marine life experts at London Zoo, not too far away, who will be able to advise, but the River Thames is quite busy with boats, barges, canoes, etc, and you can't easily stop all those vessels in order to reach a large, disorientated creature. Rest assured, someone will be doing what's appropriate - as far as they possibly can. If you've ever seen the Oxford v Cambridge boat race, you will have seen the sort of location where the whale is now. CB >|<

Iwant a spokesperson to come on TV and tell the public whats happening etc. I think it's bad that they haven't done so.

Experts now arrived, so hopefully start to get some positive result's

Save the Whale, yes you could be right but it will help to get it out of the Thames and back in the Sea as its in Danger now needs to get back into deeper water

lil, I heard about that. Apparently its not a good idea because you do not know what the other one is saying. It could be saying 'Swim away, DANGER'

Paul it's said that there maybe a connection with the find in Southend which is very distressed and calling out, why does no one take a recording get it to the Thames and see if they can get a response it may help and Southends not that far

And I find that the lack of a spokes person tell the genral public about the status of the animal, and their plans quite disturbing!