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Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

The humpback strayed into the small sea in July

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2008 4:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bucki's going home, a little thinner but seemingly none the worse for wear. The humpback whale, which strayed into the Baltic Sea in July, has finally made his way back into the Atlantic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. The whale is only the third in modern... Read full story »

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