A 30,000 pound juvenile minke whale was observed swimming near the Gowanus Canal on Tuesday, the first such sighting in nearly seven years when a whale presumably hit by a ship was found dead between Brooklyn and Staten Island . As of 5:00 PM on Wednesday the whereabouts of the whale were unknown, but it was swimming and in good shape said 
representatives from the Riverhead Foundation, a group dedicated to assisting with stranded marine mammals...JB
Image: Balaenoptera acutorostrata by Alessio Marrucci
By Richard Pyle (Associated Press)
NEW YORK -- Marine biologists were standing watch on Tuesday over a young whale that lost its way in New York harbor and nearly wandered into a narrow waterway notorious for industrial pollution.
The animal, described as a juvenile minke whale about 15 feet long, was cruising around Gowanus Bay, the outlet from the mile-long Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. It appeared to be in good health and not distressed, said Kim Durham, rescue program director for the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation.
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Video of Whale on WNBC
http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=92416
Riverhead Foundation
http://www.riverheadfoundation.org/
Minke Whale in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minke_Whale
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