FfFfFfFF 58,373 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 A video of a pair of dolphins swimming in New York’s once famously polluted and dirty East River has served as a reminder that the body of water is cleaner than it has been in more than a century. It has also triggered a degree of fascination among New Yorkers who have greeted the rare sight of the aquatic mammals swimming in the shadows of Manhattan’s soaring skyscrapers with delight on social media. As the Curbed website notes, New York spent $45m over about 40 years to improve water quality. The website said: “Yes, you see plastic bags and brown muck pooling around the rocks at the riverside, but the middle of the river – a great force of nature formed by a melting glacier 11,000 years ago, whooshing water from Long Island Sound through the city out to Upper New York Bay – is deep, clean and ever-moving.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/dolphins-east-river-new-york-video-twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Such gorgeous, intelligent creatures. I love dolphins and wish I were in New york right now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife 7,081 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I was surprised to learn recently that there are also seals that swim in the Hudson/East River. They need to get out of that nasty ass water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 79,058 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Hope they clean the water a lot more, impressed with their progress so far. Would be so exciting seeing dolphins in the wild in NYC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 41,988 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 The dolphins to the local aquatic life: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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