Wayward dolphin dies in polluted New York canal

Associated Press ^ | Jan 25, 2013 7:46 PM EST | Colleen Long

[Olog-hai]

A wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted urban canal, riveting onlookers as it splashed around in the filthy water and shook black gunk from its snout, died Friday evening, marine experts said.

The deep-freeze weather hadn’t seemed to faze the dolphin as it swam in the Gowanus Canal, which runs 1.5 miles through a narrow industrial zone near some of Brooklyn’s wealthiest neighborhoods. …

The filthy canal was named a Superfund site in 2010, meaning the government can force polluters to pay for its restoration. For more than a century before, coal yards, chemical factories and fuel refineries on the canal’s banks discharged everything from tar to purple ink into the water, earning it the local nickname The Lavender Lake for its unnatural hue. …

[GraceG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hK3pBcY3k0

LOL

[Red in Blue PA]

Cities are the ruination of this nation. Polluted, overcrowded, dangerous.

Not a good thing about them.

[BenLurkin]

....and taken directly to a Chinese restaurant.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

*SMIRK*

Asian Veterinarian: “We so sorry; your dolphin die. Like to stay for dinner?”

(You can get a LOT of mileage out of that one; works with any animal...)

[cripplecreek]

"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere; and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice."

-Thomas Jefferson

"The mobs of great cities add just so much to support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body,"

-Thomas Jefferson

[eeriegeno]

Ewww polluted canal????

Seems that the goofball mayor should concentrate on the polluted canal instead of soft drinks???

[jonascord]

It’s OK, he’ll still vote by absentee ballot, Democrat, in the next election...

[Cicero]

Some nice restaurants in that part of Brooklyn, not too far from the canal. Maybe the dolphin was hoping to eat out.

[jakerobins]

Just as long as the Dolphin didn’t drink any Big Gulp sodas while it was in NY! Don’t want to get on Bloomies bad side....

[jeffc]

I suppose even after 4 years of Obama, the Left will blame this on Bush and the “media” will make a big deal of it.

[wolficatZ]

Hey Olog-hai why ain't you laughing and joking like the rest of this thread?

[1217Chic]

Sad ):

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The first thing I thought of when I read this was Sonny Dove. Of course, Dove was Piston and later a Net, not a Dolphin. Same damn canal, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dove#Career

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The first thing I thought of when I read this was Sonny Dove. Of course, Dove was Piston and later a Net, not a Dolphin. Same damn canal, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dove#Career

[Gabz]

I suppose even after 4 years of Obama, the Left will blame this on Bush and the “media” will make a big deal of it.

LOL! Know what you mean, but that canal was polluted back in the 60s when my dad was beat cop in that precinct.

[Joe 6-pack]

Those sophisticated, environmentally conscious New Yawhkas poison a dolphin to death, but down in Lake Charles Louisiana, a bunch of rednecks in a major, big oil refining center seem to coexist just fine, and even an albino dolphin can thrive...