Aug 18, 2008 01:50 PM
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SYDNEY, Australia–Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.
The one- to two-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.
Local media reports say rescuers towed the yacht out to sea, and the calf finally detached from the boat but still swam nearby.
The calf appears exhausted but rescuers hope it will continue out to sea and search for its mother or another pod of whales.
