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A disoriented baby humpback whale in the waters off New South Wales, Australia, apparently decided a yacht was its mother, the Daily Telegraph reports. Government naturalists lured the calf, which was nuzzling the boat and trying to nurse, out to sea by towing the yacht. "It's a very sad situation," said a National Parks and Wildlife spokesman.
"If there's a slender chance its mother is still out there, then it may hear it further out to sea," the spokesman said of the 1- or 2-month-old whale. "It's the best we can do under the circumstances."
