A humpback whale that was stranded in shallow waters has tried to make a break for it when carried towards the North Sea in a multi-million-pound rescue mission.
Nicknamed Timmy, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Rescuers on Tuesday pulled the whale to a flooded barge using straps and a channel previously dredged to create a passage to the vessel, with the barge now expected to reach the North Sea.
On Friday night, the vessel was still sailing towards Norway, but the whale appeared to make an early exit, as
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