What have people found in the Thames?

Mudlark treasures People have been combing the foreshore for centuries, but the practice has got particularly popular in recent years thanks to high profile 'larkers like Lara Maiklem. Her many finds include a 400-year-old sword, a number of pilgrim badges and a Tudor tile with a dog's paw print.



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Over the years, reports of body parts showing up in the waters of London have included chins, pelvises, arms, and even the dead body of a sheep wrapped in a duvet. Worryingly, this is not as uncommon as you might think. It is reported that, on average, a dead human body is found once a week1 in the River Thames.

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Crocodiles definitely aren't native to London's waters, but this is the strange beast that city workers spotted in the Thames yesterday afternoon. They panicked after thinking there was a crocodile resting on a floating pontoon, only yards from where children were paddling.

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Dating back to between 3516 and 3365 B.C.E., the femur is one of the oldest objects ever found in the Thames, wrote Time Out's Alice Saville. Graphic designer Simon Hunt came across the upper leg bone during a morning row.

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The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles, it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.



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For thousands of years, the Thames served as a dumping ground. People would throw their daily garbage in the river and the tide would distribute it and it would essentially disappear from sight, Miller says. It was nasty, especially as London's population grew and the Thames became increasingly affected.

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Tarcoles River - highest populations of crocodiles in world - 25 crocs per square kilometer - Picture of Jose's Crocodile River Tour, Tarcoles - Tripadvisor.

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The river is 215 miles long, and the Thames River becomes an estuary before it reaches the North Sea. Some of the animals that now reside in and around the Thames are seals, oysters, seahorses, eels … and venomous sharks.

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