Updated Jul 26, 2009 - 12:07 am

Cruise ship arrives in Vancouver with dead whale

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The Princess Cruise Lines' Sapphire Princess was docked at the Canada Place terminal Saturday with the whale stuck to its front. It wasn't immediately known when it arrived or when the collision occurred.

Some tourists visiting one of the city's most impressive downtown destinations took pictures of the whale. Several employees at Canada Place, home to the Vancouver Convention Centre and the Pan Pacific Hotel, also trickled over to stare at the animal.

The terminal that draws thousands of passengers traveling to Alaska every summer.

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• Bkx wrote...

  How Does A Ship Hit a Whale?

  I have never understood how a whale lets itself get hit by a ship. The whale is much more maneuverable, and has plenty of warning of the ship's presence by sonar. What am I missing?

  July 25, 2009 8:34 pm

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• nortac wrote...

  The ship hit a whale.

  i don't know how the ship hit the whale. But I do know that I drive a semi truck and everyday people who should be much smarter than a whale do everything they can to cut off the truck. Sure they can see it but that does not stop them from trying. The whale could have been sick or injured in some way before the ship came along.

  July 25, 2009 10:01 pm

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• Sportfisher wrote...

  How?

  How does a train hit a moose? It got in the way. Granted, it could have happened at night and it could have been floating, if they float when theyre dead.

  July 26, 2009 12:35 am

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• mommytwolove wrote...

  how...

  My son saw a science show on TV (Kingdom of the Blue Whale http://preview.tinyurl.com/adve2m) about whales and he thinks he remembers these possibilities being listed... - the ships travel really fast through the water and can unexpectedly cross paths - when a whale initially surfaces, it is concentrating on breathing, also it's sonar receptor is out of the water so not actively alerting it - if the military had used its blast sonar it disorients the whale and they surface fast, kind of has the bends, and are confused

  July 26, 2009 2:38 am

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• Art Vandelay wrote...

  Was it dead already?

  All I know is this is an excuse to post the video that the internet was created for.

  http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/

  Thanks Al Gore, you rock!

  July 26, 2009 8:41 am

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• Schmidt wrote...

  That gives me a great idea on how to save the salmon

  attach a large sealion catcher basked to the front of a cruise ship, sail down the coast to california and back a few times....

  July 26, 2009 12:57 pm

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• hillobeans wrote...

  Sea shepherds

  Well when the Sea shepherds here about this there will be hell to pay! On the other hand they will be able to save all that time and money with not having to sail all the way down to the Southern ocean. But when they start hurling stink bombs at the cruise ships they better be ready for the retaliation from a bunch of geriatrics from Nebraska or worse yet Rosie and her families.

  July 26, 2009 9:03 pm

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• Goody wrote...

  Say, that is a "cool picture".

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  July 27, 2009 7:16 am

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• norwester wrote...

  Sea Shlepards

  I've watched Whale Wars and absolutely howl at those namby pamby wussies. They scurried back to the Mother ship crying for an emergency medical team to stand by for a wounded camera man. When he was in sick bay you could not see the scratch the eye piece gave him when he was hit by the harpoon ship's squirt gun!! I don't condone whaling at all - but they are engaging in a legal activity in international waters. If I were master of the whaling ships, the wimps would get a lot worse than a few nuts tossed at them. Norwester.

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