Author Topic: Cruise ship impales whale (Read 6088 times)

ChelseySuzie · « **on:** Oct 02, 2004, 01:47:34 PM »

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TORONTO - A cruise ship has arrived in the Atlantic Canada port of Saint John, New Brunswick with a dead whale impaled on its bow.

Royal Caribbean’s liner Jewel of the Seas was cruising the Gulf of St. Lawrence over the weekend, probably striking the 60-foot-long finback whale somewhere between Quebec City and the Bay of Fundy, officials said Monday.

It was not known if the whale was alive when it was struck. The coast guard towed the dead whale out to sea on Sunday.

Port workers said they were busy dealing with the whale after the ship arrived Sunday morning.

Ship passenger Dennis Buck of New York said that passengers were unaware of the whale until they saw it on arrival.

Laurie Murison, of the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station located on an island in the Bay of Fundy, said finbacks often fall victim to ship collisions because of their length, 115 feet and longer.

“They’re very long, sleek whales and they actually get held in place and get balanced on either side of the bow,” Murison said.

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Extra Zero · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 02, 2004, 02:31:55 PM »

Blame Canada.

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 02, 2004, 07:51:48 PM »

Fuck Canada.

MegatronYES · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 02, 2004, 08:47:13 PM »

Meh. Gotta impale somethin'.

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 02, 2004, 09:03:42 PM »

The chainsaw guy was better.

B E C K · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 02, 2004, 10:45:09 PM »

Excuse me, I need to go off and cry. ;__;

MegatronYES · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 03, 2004, 01:44:38 AM »

Oh, get over it!

B E C K · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 01:12:16 AM »

Fuck you, bitch! They killed a whale. I'll bet it was cute and made all sorts of cute whale noises.

MegatronYES · « **Reply #8 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 01:24:23 AM »

The whale was clearly trying to hijack the ship! Obviously I'm the only person reading between the lines, here.

Bitch · « **Reply #9 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 01:24:52 AM »

How does a whale hijack a ship?

B E C K · « **Reply #10 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 01:25:54 AM »

Not everyone who speaks with a German accent is a terrorist.

MegatronYES · « **Reply #11 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 01:27:03 AM »

Everyone who shoots air out of the top of their head is.

B E C K · « **Reply #12 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 03:02:38 AM »

They are not!

MegatronYES · « **Reply #13 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 09:03:32 AM »

Why do you think they always have short hair? To hide the jet puffs from evident hairstyle discrepencies.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #14 on:** Oct 04, 2004, 09:36:47 PM »

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How does a whale hijack a ship?

in the movie tarzan the elephant hijacks the ship!