NBC News published this video item, entitled “Beluga Whale Refuses Food After Straying Into France’s Seine River” – below is their description.
Veterinarians and volunteers in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, France, are working to determine why a beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River is refusing food and appears emaciated. Beluga whales can survive for a short time in fresh water, but markings on the whale’s skin show possible signs of deteriorating health.
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In This Story: The Seine
The Seine is a 775-kilometre-long (482 mi) river in northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank).
It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, 120 kilometres (75 mi) from the sea. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by large barges and most tour boats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in the capital city, Paris.
There are 37 bridges in Paris across the Seine (the most famous of which are the Pont Alexandre III and the Pont Neuf) and dozens more outside the city. A notable bridge, which is also the last along the course of the river, is the Pont de Normandie, the ninth longest cable-stayed bridges in the world, which links Le Havre and Honfleur.