abudsmoker
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Try Spanish they might be mexican
i'm going fishing!!!!!!!!
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now they bring their whales with them? this is getting silly.
NO GROW
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SAN FRANCISCO - A wayward mother whale and her calf were headed through a deep water shipping channel toward the Pacific Ocean Sunday, nearly a week after taking a wrong turn and swimming inland 90 miles to the state capital, the U.S. Coast Guard said
By 9 p.m. on Sunday the whales had traveled 20 miles down the Sacramento River from the Port of Sacramento, where crowds had gathered to catch a glimpse of the humpbacks. As darkness fell, the Coast Guard escort that had followed the whales all day ceased trailing the whales so the vessels would not accidentally hit them.
Nicknamed Delta and Dawn, the humpback whales started moving toward the Pacific at around 3:30 p.m., swimming at about 6 miles-per-hour toward Rio Vista, a town located about 45 miles from Sacramento. From Rio Vista it is another 60 miles to San Francisco Bay.
Vessels carrying Coast Guard officers and wildlife officials were to start following the whales again at 7:30 a.m. Monday. A helicopter will try to locate the pair when the sun rises, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Brian Leshak.
Jim Oswald of the Marine Mammal Center said the whales may have decided to change course after tug boats started their engines about 100 yards away from them.
"The tugs were out in the basin and the whales decided to follow them," Oswald said.
Boats will be positioned at the mouths of tributaries where the whales could possibly go off course, said Carrie Wilson, a marine biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game.
"We've got a bunch of metal pipes and hammers, and if we need to... we can give the other boats pipes to bang on to persuade the animals not to turn in the wrong direction," she said.
The whales still have a long way to go and obstacles to overcome if they maintain their course. Officials said there are sloughs leading to muddy deltas that could trap the injured whales, which appear to have been wounded by a ship's propeller.
Wilson said there was no indication Sunday that the whales were in poor health. "They have been very consistent, and moving along at a good pace," she said.
If the whales don't continue on their current course toward the ocean, marine mammal rescue crews will resume trying to lure the pair in the right direction by playing recorded sounds of other humpbacks feeding. That strategy worked in the case of a humpback named Humphrey, who in 1985 swam in the delta for nearly a month before returning to the Pacific
By 9 p.m. on Sunday the whales had traveled 20 miles down the Sacramento River from the Port of Sacramento, where crowds had gathered to catch a glimpse of the humpbacks. As darkness fell, the Coast Guard escort that had followed the whales all day ceased trailing the whales so the vessels would not accidentally hit them.
Nicknamed Delta and Dawn, the humpback whales started moving toward the Pacific at around 3:30 p.m., swimming at about 6 miles-per-hour toward Rio Vista, a town located about 45 miles from Sacramento. From Rio Vista it is another 60 miles to San Francisco Bay.
Vessels carrying Coast Guard officers and wildlife officials were to start following the whales again at 7:30 a.m. Monday. A helicopter will try to locate the pair when the sun rises, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Brian Leshak.
Jim Oswald of the Marine Mammal Center said the whales may have decided to change course after tug boats started their engines about 100 yards away from them.
"The tugs were out in the basin and the whales decided to follow them," Oswald said.
Boats will be positioned at the mouths of tributaries where the whales could possibly go off course, said Carrie Wilson, a marine biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game.
"We've got a bunch of metal pipes and hammers, and if we need to... we can give the other boats pipes to bang on to persuade the animals not to turn in the wrong direction," she said.
The whales still have a long way to go and obstacles to overcome if they maintain their course. Officials said there are sloughs leading to muddy deltas that could trap the injured whales, which appear to have been wounded by a ship's propeller.
Wilson said there was no indication Sunday that the whales were in poor health. "They have been very consistent, and moving along at a good pace," she said.
If the whales don't continue on their current course toward the ocean, marine mammal rescue crews will resume trying to lure the pair in the right direction by playing recorded sounds of other humpbacks feeding. That strategy worked in the case of a humpback named Humphrey, who in 1985 swam in the delta for nearly a month before returning to the Pacific
they got to the rio vista bridge and are to freaked out to go under it. they are starting to slap their tails against the surface. i think this is a call for help. they have been going back and forth covering a 3 mile area for 24 hours now. they took skin samples and said they are becoming unhealthy because of the wounds. salt water heals wounds amazingly fast.
they tried playing the sounds of killer whales feeding(my original idea) didn't work. they tried banging pipes. didn't work. they were going to try fire hoses earlier but i missed the news. i will try to get an update soon.
FOXNews.com - Lost Humpback Whales to Be Sprayed With Fire Hoses - Science News | Current Articles
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FOXNews.com - Lost Humpback Whales to Be Sprayed With Fire Hoses - Science News | Current Articles
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matias2911
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Cool story. Whales are superior animals.
ILoveUMaryJane
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Yeah, but they're meant to be clever. Did anyone say it was a female giving directions?
NO GROW
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SAN FRANCISCO - Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.
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Rescuers launched several boats Wednesday morning in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf but hadn't found them, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.
The pair were last seen Tuesday night in San Francisco Bay, where few obstacles were left on their route past Alcatraz to the ocean.
"The assumption is if we have not sighted the mother and calf by late afternoon that they have made their way out to the Pacific," Fees said.
Rescuers planned to rely on commercial vessels and Coast Guard patrols on regular duty to watch for any sign of the pair in the bay. Biologists originally planned to attach a satellite tracking tag to the mother humpback, but gusty wind and malfunctioning equipment stymied the effort.
The whales was first spotted May 13 in the Sacramento River and got as far as the Port of Sacramento before finally turning around.
Thousands of people have since lined Northern California waterfronts to see them. Biologists also said the chance to closely observe the pair for so long was invaluable for science.
Ariadne Green, 57, of Vallejo, caught a glimpse of the pair on Tuesday and earlier in the week at Rio Vista, where the whales had circled for several days near a bridge. She described the humpbacks' inland visit as a "profound spiritual experience" but was equally grateful for their departure.
"They need to go home now because their health is in jeopardy," Green said. "It's good to know they're on their way back."
Biologists said the saltier water where the mother humpback whale and her calf had been swimming since leaving the Rio Vista area helped reverse some of the health problems caused by long exposure to fresh water.
Recent photographs showed that serious wounds suffered by both whales appeared to have be healing, said Rod McInnis, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Antibiotics were injected into the whales on Saturday to try to slow the damage from the gashes, likely from a boat's keel.
Lesions that had formed on the humpbacks' skin over the weekend also appeared to be sloughing off, Fees said.
"While they may have gone on their way, we still have the benefit of all the information we haven't had access to before," Fees said. "If we learned anything about these two, it is that they will do what they do when they want to do it."
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Rescuers launched several boats Wednesday morning in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf but hadn't found them, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.
The pair were last seen Tuesday night in San Francisco Bay, where few obstacles were left on their route past Alcatraz to the ocean.
"The assumption is if we have not sighted the mother and calf by late afternoon that they have made their way out to the Pacific," Fees said.
Rescuers planned to rely on commercial vessels and Coast Guard patrols on regular duty to watch for any sign of the pair in the bay. Biologists originally planned to attach a satellite tracking tag to the mother humpback, but gusty wind and malfunctioning equipment stymied the effort.
The whales was first spotted May 13 in the Sacramento River and got as far as the Port of Sacramento before finally turning around.
Thousands of people have since lined Northern California waterfronts to see them. Biologists also said the chance to closely observe the pair for so long was invaluable for science.
Ariadne Green, 57, of Vallejo, caught a glimpse of the pair on Tuesday and earlier in the week at Rio Vista, where the whales had circled for several days near a bridge. She described the humpbacks' inland visit as a "profound spiritual experience" but was equally grateful for their departure.
"They need to go home now because their health is in jeopardy," Green said. "It's good to know they're on their way back."
Biologists said the saltier water where the mother humpback whale and her calf had been swimming since leaving the Rio Vista area helped reverse some of the health problems caused by long exposure to fresh water.
Recent photographs showed that serious wounds suffered by both whales appeared to have be healing, said Rod McInnis, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Antibiotics were injected into the whales on Saturday to try to slow the damage from the gashes, likely from a boat's keel.
Lesions that had formed on the humpbacks' skin over the weekend also appeared to be sloughing off, Fees said.
"While they may have gone on their way, we still have the benefit of all the information we haven't had access to before," Fees said. "If we learned anything about these two, it is that they will do what they do when they want to do it."
NO GROW
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YouTube - Angencies work to herd whales down Sacramento River=
here's alittle video that goes with the story...............
here's alittle video that goes with the story...............