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The BDMLR said the injured and drained calf would struggle to swim even if it managed to get back into deeper water. Crews had already worked for hours before being able to free the whale early Monday from a perilous stranding on a lock near Richmond, a few miles downstream of Teddington. But as the mammal was being taken for further health checks on an inflatable pontoon, it slipped back into the water. “This animal is very, very lost,” Port of London Authority spokesman Martin Garside said. “It’s like seeing a camel at the North Pole.” Garside said a whale had never been seen this far up the Thames before, 95 miles (150 kilometers) along the river from its mouth, with the sheer distance making the whale s route back to safety extremely difficult. ....
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Whale is lost far from home in London s Thames River AP/London Filed on May 10, 2021 A juvenile Minke whale swims by Teddington lock in southwest London after it swam up the river Thames on Monday. (AFP) British authorities are seeking to recapture the young minke whale after it escaped from rescuers overnight A young minke whale was lost far from home on Monday, trapped in the Thames River upstream of London landmarks after it escaped from rescuers overnight. Maritime authorities were trying to recapture the whale so they could relocate it to safer waters. Crews had worked for hours before being able to free the whale early Monday from a perilous stranding on a lock near Richmond in southwest London. But as the calf was being taken for further health checks on an inflatable pontoon, it slipped back into the water. ....