Today (May 5), a grey whale reportedly more than 10 metres in length spent part of the afternoon swimming around False Creek.

The curious mammal put on a show for onlookers watching from the sea walk at Science World, and had one videographer skateboarding to keep up.

To reach the shallow waters of False Creek, the whale would have had to swim up the Burrard Inlet and under the Burrard Street, Granville Street, and Cambie Street bridges.

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