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Now playing Next United Kingdom Beluga whale in Thames is 'extremely unusual sighting', says ecologist A beluga whale spotted in the River Thames just outside London is probably the furthest south one of the creatures has been seen in the UK, according to ecologist Michael Hoit 26/09/2018
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