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« on: May 05, 2010, 02:02:10 PM »
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/51627--coast-guard-in-false-creek-after-grey-whale-sightings
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 02:13:32 PM »



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VANCOUVER - A Grey whale has been spotted in False Creek, swimming just off the Granville Island public market since about noon Wednesday.

Jeremy Patterson, the operations manager for Granville Island Ferries, said he first spotted the large whale at about 11:45 a.m. while shuttling passengers between Granville Island and downtown Vancouver.

He said the Coast Guard, police, and members of the Vancouver Aquarium are on the scene assessing the situation. He said he's directed his ferry drivers to stay as far away from the whale as possible.

"I think it's a 400 metre restriction but since this is False Creek it's hard to [keep that distance]," Patterson said.

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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 03:00:50 PM »
I'll be on the water today, maybe i'll catch a glimpse of it.
If i'm lucky, it's gonna race and beat me in a 500m LOL
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 03:05:23 PM »
Quote from: NFW on May 05, 2010, 03:00:50 PM
I'll be on the water today, maybe i'll catch a glimpse of it.
If i'm lucky, it's gonna race and beat me in a 500m LOL

It'll huli you for fun lol
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 03:09:16 PM »
I'm sure its not intentional lol
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2010, 05:33:43 PM »
It came and went. Sad When I got there by 2:45 pm or so, it was already back in the open water and dodging drunken powerboaters.
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 07:49:31 PM »
At least the whale's safe again
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2010, 10:05:55 PM »
Spotted again in FC again at 8pm!  Apparently came all the way to Science World.
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2010, 11:27:45 PM »
Alas...It didnt race me, but it did surprised a bunch of us on OCs when it blew its blowhole less than 200m away lol
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« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2010, 11:48:12 PM »
Banana Fusion was about 1-2 boatlengths away from the whale! We saw it over 3 times from 7pm-9:30pm... he seemed to like being around Science World. Who knows, maybe he found lots of food under there. Either that or he's drugged by the noxious wastes...
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 04:11:12 PM »
D*mn. That whale was hanging out with us during practice last night and we didn't even think to recruit it. Wonder if it paddles left or right, cuz we're quite right heavy.
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 04:20:36 PM »
We should come up with a name for it.
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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2010, 12:14:44 PM »
A few of my teammates are already calling it Gilbert. No idea who started it, though.
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