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Here is the reason why the baby whale was abandoned . . .
news.com.au — "There were people swimming with the mother and calf off Coogee last week and it freaked them out," he [University of NSW whale expert Rob Harcourt] said. "If people try to swim with whales, there's a good chance they can distress the mother - this is how they get abandoned," "It might be a peaceful experience for people but it's not for the whale"
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- vroom101, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3This has made me very, very unhappy.
I hope the whale experts in Australia and around the world can come up with a solution -- no matter how far-fetched it may sound -- to save the baby whale. And if it means bringing in the military to help rescue him/her, then by all means do so! Don't leave this baby humpback whale to die without trying to save it -- specially now that it appears it was because of us, i.e., human beings, that caused this problem in the first place!
And please, someone come up with a name for this distressed, starving, hungry, defenseless, suffering baby whale.- BraveLilToasta, on 08/19/2008, -1/+1I shall call him fluffy
- borez, on 08/19/2008, -0/+2Surely they could put a huge plastic nipple affair on the end of a barrel of milk, chuck it off the side of the boat and feed the poor bugger.
- vroom101, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1New South Wales Government, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Media release,18 August 2008
Fight to save humpback whale calf: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/media/DecMedia08 ... (www.environment.nsw.gov.au/media/DecMedia08081803.htm) - vroom101, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1Via "Fears grow for lost baby whale who thought yacht was mum" (19 August 2008) at http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gx7sv_3-oZT5Wo ... (afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gx7sv_3-oZT5Wortgy49VhAJOV7A)
. . . [Department of National Parks and Wildlife spokesman] Mcintosh said the calf risked running out of energy through lack of food, being attacked by sharks, simply dying of hunger or beaching itself.
Rangers were searching for the calf, which showed no sign of injury and was most likely rejected by its mother, and euthanasia might have to be an option if it became stranded, McIntosh said.
"We've consistently said it was a slim chance that it might link up with its mother or other whales but the reality is that in the wild, for various reasons, mothers sometimes reject their young," he said.
The calf is estimated to be two months old, about five metres (yards) long and to weigh five tonnes, but it would still rely primarily on its mother's milk and its survival chances are seen as poor. . . . - johnnyzero, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1As cute as a baby whale suckling on a yacht may seem, it is horribly dangerous for the poor thing. I hope that it ends up ok.
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