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London whale's death tied to dehydration - Environment - MSNBC.com

"The whale that made world headlines when it swam up the River Thames into central London last week died of several factors including dehydration, scientists who conducted a post-mortem said on Wednesday.

ZSL veterinary pathologist Paul Jepson, who carried out the autopsy, said early blood tests had shown the whale was remarkably free of parasites or any disease. There was also no evidence that the animal had any internal injury."

They don't mention it here, but I read that there were also no signs of foul play, so Shamoo is off the hook on this one. Does anyone else find it ironic that a whale would die of dehydration though? It's pretty clear that whales aren't the smartest creatures around because they're always taking wrong turns and getting stuck somewhere. What does it say about humans though that we know whales are gonna beach themselves and that when they do we'd like to get them back to open water, but after all these years we still haven't figured out a way to make that happen?