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A whale that became stranded and died in the heart of London last week has turned into a national icon. Millions of Britons watched hours of live television coverage as a disoriented 19-foot bottle-nosed whale swam down the Thames River, into ever shallower waters. Members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue Association kept the whale hydrated for hours with a watering can, but were ultimately unable to prod it back toward the ocean. The group is selling the watering can on eBay; bidding quickly shot past $17,000. The whale’s bones will be given to London’s Natural History Museum.
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