Australian media report that a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht and seems to think that it is its mother.

This is a sad story. The poor little calf, thought to be around 1- to 2-month-old was first sighted in waters off north Sydney, a day later it 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 hopefully to search for its mother or another pod of whales but the calf appears exhausted.

"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.

Good Luck Big Blue Nemo!!

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