most of the time a baby whale ,get away from the mother ,, and get in trouble ,, the rate of helping out a beached whale is 70% on getting it back in to the water to live ,, i take my hat off for the people who tryed to help lettle moby ,,, but it could of passed a way because nothing to eat ,, the mother feeds there baby up till a yr old , and moby had to be 2-3 months old ,, by the report of ten feet