Timmy the humpback whale escapes to the North Sea

A humpback whale calf, nicknamed Timmy, has been released into the North Sea after being repeatedly stranded in shallow waters near Germany. The operation, launched as Timmy's health deteriorated, transported the whale in a water-filled barge and released him off Denmark. Timmy was first spotted near Germany's Baltic Sea coast, far from his natural habitat of the Atlantic Ocean, and developed a skin condition due to the low salt content of the Baltic Sea