Saturday, August 16, 2008

In Germany, Wandering Whale Creates Wonderment

By NICOLE BURGOYNE
BERLIN (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. The humpback has been spotted several times near Rostock city in recent days, according to the biologists, who say such whales don't typically range too far into the Baltic.

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