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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.
The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave.
Rescuers towed the yacht out to sea, and the calf finally detached from the boat but still swam nearby, Australian Broadcasting Corp. and Channel 10 television news reported. 
The calf appears exhausted but rescuers hope it will continue out to sea and search for its mother or another pod of whales.  Watch whale think yacht is its mom »
"The outlook is not good, but we are giving the calf its only option. It can't be fed, and in fact we wouldn't know what to feed it" because it is not weaned, National Parks and Wildlife regional manager Chris McIntosh told ABC radio. |
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Aww, poor thing... that's so cute. |
08-18-2008, 10:05 PM
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Oh dear..... poor little* thing.
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08-18-2008, 11:01 PM
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Kinda sad that they don't know how to feed the little thing... I thought they did research on those things. I hope it makes it back to it's Mom before dying. 
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08-18-2008, 11:28 PM
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ummm....I would guess....fish?
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When I was watching this on the news last night I was really irritated, the news anchors were smiling and saying 'Awww', like they didn't know that this will very likely not have a good outcome for the whale. I understand that on the surface this looks like a cutsie story, similar to 'Mother Labrador adopts tiger cubs', but it's not the same at all. I hope that we hear what happens and the "experts" figure out what to do,but in all likely-hood the baby whale is not going to survive this.
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poor thing....I know it would be much better if they could keep her in the wild, but worse case scenerio, can't they just bring her to Sea World or something? I know she's probably very weak at this point, and I was being facetious about the fish comment, but seriously....isn't that what whales eat or do they need mothers milk or something? | | The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Tracy For This Useful Post: | |
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Originally Posted by DeCurlyGirl  I was being facetious about the fish comment, but seriously....isn't that what whales eat or do they need mothers milk or something? | I think it's still suckling from the looks. Fish might be easy for them to figure out but it sounds like they don't know what to give it as a mother's milk substitute. Anyway, I felt bad when I saw it nudging the boat and I hope it survives. | | The Following User Says Thank You to Rusty For This Useful Post: | |
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One would think that with all of the research, and with places like Sea World and the many aquariums that we have, someone would be able to do SOMETHING.  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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