Saturday, May 25, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013

11 killer whales freed after being locked in by ice

There were 11 killer whales that had been locked in by ice in a Canadian bay. A change in current apparently opened up a path from the Hudson Bay to the sea, which was 25 miles away.

3 comments

11 killer whales freed after being locked in by ice

POSTED: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 1:36 PM
(Photograph: AP/Canadian Press)

There were 11 killer whales that had been locked in by ice in a Canadian bay. A change in current apparently opened up a path from the Hudson Bay to the sea, which was 25 miles away.

“They are free. They are no longer here. When there is a new moon, the water current is activated. It could have helped … completely trap them, but in this case it caused an open passage out to the open water,” he told NBC News, adding that they probably freed themselves overnight. “It was mother nature that helped them. ... They are no longer icelocked.”

Petah Inukpuk, mayor of the Inuit village in Quebec near where the whales were trapped, said that a scout went out to check on the animals at about 8 a.m. But, the scout noted that this exact thing had happened to all 11 whales:

It's now part of everyone's civic duty to listen to this Michael Jackson song for the rest of the afternoon.

[h/t NBC News]

3 comments
Comments  (3)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:48 PM, 01/10/2013
    great news!!!
    samarea51
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:44 PM, 01/10/2013
    They let 11 killers go free? Lock all your doors and windows!
    pic man
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:42 AM, 01/11/2013
    Do submarines have windows? :D
    verve


About this blog
A blog tuned-in to what's happening on the Internet. Twitter. Homeland. Cat videos. Odd local stories. Ryan Gosling. You know, the important stuff.

Mike Bertha
Matt Soniak
Gabrielle Bonghi Philly.com
Blog archives: