Circuitous
So rarely do I ever go back and reflect on posts from my past, but today is different. I am able to bookend this post from a year ago with today's. What a nice bit of symmetry.
A friend and I attended the Guardian's Thames Whale Exhibition. It was a small set up with some photos and a video. While it did lack a lot of insightfulness (why did the whale swim up the Thames? what does this say about the future of whales in the wild? what can we do to prevent this? why did the whale have such a massive impact on us and why did Londoner's take to her so dearly? why on earth is a newspaper sponsoring this?) it did have the unique distinction of having the animal's actual bones. I never did realize quite how huge she was, well over six meters. These pictures (as with my original ones) don't do her any justice:
It's now be shipped off to the Natural History Museum, probably to be filed away and eventually forgotten. Goodbye, Beachy. I'll always remember you as one of my bizarre London experiences.
A friend and I attended the Guardian's Thames Whale Exhibition. It was a small set up with some photos and a video. While it did lack a lot of insightfulness (why did the whale swim up the Thames? what does this say about the future of whales in the wild? what can we do to prevent this? why did the whale have such a massive impact on us and why did Londoner's take to her so dearly? why on earth is a newspaper sponsoring this?) it did have the unique distinction of having the animal's actual bones. I never did realize quite how huge she was, well over six meters. These pictures (as with my original ones) don't do her any justice:
It's now be shipped off to the Natural History Museum, probably to be filed away and eventually forgotten. Goodbye, Beachy. I'll always remember you as one of my bizarre London experiences.
Wow. Only a year ago. For some reason I had remembered it as being summer 2005. Perhaps they will hold onto the bones of Beachy and people in the future will think they are hilarious because they seem to reflect our priorities, and they will laugh at us as we laugh at Victorians.
Posted by
Chris Cope |
11:22 pm, January 28, 2007
aw poor beachy. i think i faintly heard the sound of taps being played in the background as i read your post. rip.
Posted by
Anonymous |
12:51 am, January 29, 2007
Quote- "Perhaps they will hold onto the bones of Beachy and people in the future will think they are hilarious because they seem to reflect our priorities, and they will laugh at us as we laugh at Victorians. "
Because whales swimming up the Thames will become a common occurance? That they will become as common as pigeons?
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Posted by
stelios the big easy guy |
3:24 am, March 14, 2007