"The 13.5-metre long mammal spent six days struggling on sandbanks in Lubeck bay and vets had feared for its health as the ordeal went on."
"Rising waters in the bay helped the whale a second time and it started swimming away late on Saturday, a regional government spokesman told German media."
"A German maritime police vessel is tracking the whale as it could become trapped again in the bay's shallow waters, the spokesman added."
"Experts hope the whale will return to its natural habitat in the Atlantic through the North Sea."
A 13.5-meter humpback whale stranded on a sandbank in Lubeck bay, Germany, for six days has finally freed itself and is heading back to sea. The whale initially escaped a sandbank with the help of a mechanical digger but became trapped again. Rising waters aided its second escape. Authorities are monitoring the whale as it could become trapped again in shallow waters. Experts believe the whale may have been following fish or distracted by noise, as humpbacks are rarely seen in the Baltic.
Read at The Local Germany
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