In Germany, wandering whale creates wonderment

August 16th, 2008 By NICOLE BURGOYNE , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Germans have been treated to the rare sight of a lone and wayward humpback whale swimming in the Baltic Sea, but marine biologists said it may be doomed because the waterway lacks the conditions such mammals need to survive.

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