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Published online 25 January 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060123-6
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Thames whale died of dehydration
Human activity not to blame for wayward whale's death.
Researchers have begun to answer the question of how and why a whale died after swimming up the River Thames last week — a rare event that captivated the world's media.
The northern bottlenose whale probably became dehydrated after being unable to find food, says Paul Jepson of the Zoological Society of London, who was part of an unsuccessful rescue effort.
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