All-out effort under way to save baby Humpback…

It is not unusual for whales to mistake boats for their mother. In speaking with an experienced sailor who knows this to be true, we’ve learned that this is one of the reasons that boat bottoms are painted blue or red so that these large creatures do not take an interest in a boat. Somehow this baby Humpback whale got separated from its mother and now has a slim chance of surviving. 

The two week old calf, which has been abandoned by its real mother, was spotted nuzzling up to a whale-sized boat in the picturesque Pittwater waterway just north of Sydney…

Authorities from the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service are doing all they can to save this baby whale, though they do not seem to hold out much hope and do not have the facilities to feed the baby themselves.  Read more in this Australia news story and this UK news story.