Prospects grim for abandoned baby whale in Sydney
August 20, 2008 By KRISTEN GELINEAU , Associated Press Writer
In this photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around a yacht in the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The calf seems to think the yachts are its mother and will likely die within days if it doesn't find another mother to adopt it. 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 the creature returned to an inlet near Sydney Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)
(AP) -- A hungry and abandoned humpback whale calf that has been trying to suckle from boats in the waters off north Sydney rebuffed fresh attempts by wildlife workers to return it to the open ocean Wednesday and appeared to be weakening.
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