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Conservationists investigate whale off Brooklyn

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 3:27 PM

Marine biologists were dispatched Tuesday to investigate a report of a whale swimming off the Brooklyn shore of New York harbor, but it was not known whether the animal was in distress.

Police said a police harbor craft was "standing by" and "in the area," but was not taking any action. "It's there in case we're needed," said Officer Martin Speechley, a department spokesman.

The Coast Guard said its phones were out of order, and it did not immediately return a call seeking information.

Whales are a rare sight inside New York harbor and it was not immediately known when a previous sighting last occurred.

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, based in Riverhead, N.Y., said its rescue program director, Kim Durham, was enroute to the scene. On her cell phone, Durham was referring calls back to the Riverhead office.

The Riverhead Foundation specializes in cases involving whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles.

The whale was reported to be swimming near the shore off Pier 22 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, not far from the year-old Brooklyn Cruise Terminal that opened last year.

The creature was described by CBS News as a 12-foot baleen whale, a variety noted for being able to leap completely out of the water. The Channel 2 network said its helicopter, hovering overhead, had videotaped the whale "jumping in and out of the water several times."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/04/17/2007-04-17_conservationists_investigate_whale_off_b.html

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[-X not nice guys.. at all...:disgust: and so not true.....:roll:

jeepers... i didnt even think of that when i posted... sigh...

i just thought we might have had posters who might have heard or seen it.

if this continues, mods please delete this thread....

mom has spoken.

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[-X not nice guys.. at all...:disgust: and so not true.....:roll:

jeepers... i didnt even think of that when i posted... sigh...

i just thought we might have had posters who might have heard or seen it.

if this continues, mods please delete this thread....

mom has spoken.

thanks for posting greengal as I found it pretty interesting. I am not of the sick & twisted mind as the likes of that green dna guy. you're pal, high road joe :mrgreen:

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thanks for posting greengal as I found it pretty interesting. I am not of the sick & twisted mind as the likes of that green dna guy. you're pal, high road joe :mrgreen:

Unlike "high road" (perhaps a new nickname is in order - HRJ) - when I saw the thread title I was having an internal wager and decided 2, maybe 3 posts before the inevitable. I wasn't disappointed.

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Unlike "high road" (perhaps a new nickname is in order - HRJ) - when I saw the thread title I was having an internal wager and decided 2, maybe 3 posts before the inevitable. I wasn't disappointed.

:rl: , yeah, while we may have seen it comin , credit to al for leading the attack

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thanks for posting greengal as I found it pretty interesting. I am not of the sick & twisted mind as the likes of that green dna guy. you're pal, high road joe :mrgreen:

Unlike "high road" (perhaps a new nickname is in order - HRJ) - when I saw the thread title I was having an internal wager and decided 2, maybe 3 posts before the inevitable. I wasn't disappointed.

Actually, the first thing that I thought of was some kind of Mod related crack, but Big Al swooped in and hit a home run.

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Come on, you put a thread like this up and you don't expect all us "flunkies" to jump all over it?

honest...i didnt think of it... i saw it on some news program this morning..looked it up and found a written link..

i dont have a mean mind like some of of the posters here. :)

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honest...i didnt think of it... i saw it on some news program this morning..looked it up and found a written link..

i dont have a mean mind like some of of the posters here. :)

don't lump me into that group missy. my mind is dirty, not mean

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