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This is just an intetresting article that is going around in the news lately… sad, but hopefully they can do something about it.

article below:

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.

The 1- to 2-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.

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.

“The outlook is not good, but we are giving the calf its only option. It can’t be fed, and in fact we wouldn’t know what to feed it” because it is not weaned, National Parks and Wildlife regional manager Chris McIntosh told ABC radio

I saw on accurent affairs a few nights ago, a incident which astounded me greatly. Why anyone would be THAT angry to actually throw away their medal, and to be never seen again is amazing!

Here is a part of the article below:

Beijing Olympics 2008: Ara Abrahamian an anti Olympian