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Ruth Wright

Humpback whale stranded in Germany's Baltic Sea has swum off a sandbank. But it isn't safe yet

A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch rescue effort.

But it isn't out of danger yet. An excavator spent Thursday (26 March) digging an escape channel. The whale then swam through it overnight, marine biologist Robert Marc Lehmann said on Friday, as reported by German news agency dpa.

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