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Autopsy results on Gilbert the whale inconclusive (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Autopsy results on Gilbert the whale inconclusive
6:06pm Tuesday 22nd September 2009
THE autopsy results on Gilbert have so far proved inconclusive.
Experts from the London Zoological Society found she had an empty stomach and a thin layer of blubber.
They also examined the rope mark over her beak but do not yet know if this was caused before or after death.
Expert Rob Deaville said it would be another week and a half before test results revealed if the Northern Bottlenose died of dehydration, drowned after getting caught in the rope, or had an illness.
He said he understood the whale’s remains would be removed on Wednesday by Bournemouth Council and incinerated.
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Adrian XX, Poole says...
7:30pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Could the carcass perhaps instead be processed into animal feed and the bones sold on ebay?
Alternatively, a natural decay out at sea which will feed other marine animals.
poole_god, says...
7:31pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Polemicist, says...
8:20pm Tue 22 Sep 09
poole_god wrote:Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis!
its okay to say what you want overnight, go for it, it wont be deleted till morning
Amen
KLH, bournemouth says...
8:29pm Tue 22 Sep 09
It is a shame to incinerate the carcass, but feel that as it has been dead several days now returning it to the sea, although fitting, may pollute the water around, and using it for animal feed, it is probably a bit late for that, it will be fastly decomposing. Unfortunately trhe best option is incineration, horrible a thought though it is.
A very sad day.......
alumchineboy2, alumchine says...
9:26pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Its so sad when such a lovely creature comes to the end of its life in front of us all in such a way. If anything, the poor girl has reunited peoples feelings for creatures of the sea and hopefully people will support those who try and make things better for sea creatures.
A sad day but if we look positively at things, the she didn't die for nothing.
poole_god, says...
9:46pm Tue 22 Sep 09
pd7, Dorset says...
10:15pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Xchurch-man, Christchurch says...
10:32pm Tue 22 Sep 09
pd7 wrote:I wondered that myself.
I do hope that the injurys described about sea beds are nothing to do with a fake surf reef
I hope not, at least if it was we would know who was responsible.
The Council!!
poole_god, says...
11:52pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Xchurch-man wrote:If it was then it is the whales own faut.
pd7 wrote: I do hope that the injurys described about sea beds are nothing to do with a fake surf reefI wondered that myself. I hope not, at least if it was we would know who was responsible. The Council!!
What next, councils fault we have road deaths for building roads.
what ever next
[Chris], WWW says...
11:53pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Polemicist wrote:As often as ye shall do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of me.
poole_god wrote:Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis!
its okay to say what you want overnight, go for it, it wont be deleted till morning
Amen
Incidentally, for Adrian XX, how much Co2 have you given off today. You have certainly blubbered your way through this story. LOL LOL
fairlylocal, Bournemouth says...
12:11am Wed 23 Sep 09
Can I please have the carcass? I hear it's quite tasty.
Adrian XX, Poole says...
12:13am Wed 23 Sep 09
Incidentally, for Adrian XX, how much Co2 have you given off today. You have certainly blubbered your way through this story. LOL LOL
No more or less than anyone else. However, since I have given up eating vegetables, all the bacteria in my gut have died. I therefore give off far less methane and hydrogen sulphide than the average omnivore.
Dorset_Born_n_Bread !, Poole/Helsinki says...
4:01am Wed 23 Sep 09
Could this animal have been saved IF THE ECHO didnt jump on the tourism boat again? Simply warn everyone to stay away?
Close the beaches? (Jaws)
More boats in the area over the weekend?
What on earth am I going on about -more prozac anyone!?
PHew, Bournemouth says...
7:20am Wed 23 Sep 09
KLH, bournemouth says...
7:33am Wed 23 Sep 09
PHew wrote:Too much jaw flapping and telling the public to stay away from it, not approach it, blah, blah blah, and when it's dead, same old. We've heard it about the eel grass - don't do this and that - too much of that methinks.
Why are we always so hopeless when these lovely animals approach our shores? We give the poor thing a name and describe its 'tail-waving' as the creature being 'happy' and 'giving a show'........ It was blatantly in trouble from the start...it shouldnt have been in our waters, so I would have thought alarm bells should have been ringing way before thinking of a name for it! I dont know much about these things but i just think it is a shame we humanize these creatures.
If more effort had been put in to HELP the whale instead of all these bods just telling us what not to do, then she might have still been alive.
She got herself in a bit of a muddle, and that muddle was the death of her.
NOGREYAREA, corfe mullen says...
11:38am Wed 23 Sep 09
Adrian XX, Poole says...
1:46pm Wed 23 Sep 09
However, the large area police cordon combined with huge police presence on the beach on Tuesday, as well as the large number of coastguard and council officials do present a cost to the taxpayer.
You could be forgiven for thinking the council had something to hide.
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Polemicist, says...
6:52pm Tue 22 Sep 09
May I be the first of many to be deleted ?