Rescuers in northern Germany on Tuesday coaxed the stranded humback whale that's come to be known as "Timmy" towards a specially converted freight barge that they want to use to guide the marine mammal back towards its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean. The animal is thought to have lost its way in early March, straying into the Baltic Sea. It has been stuck in various locations for more than a month , and has spent the last few weeks in a small bay area off the island of Poel . Hopes that the animal could survive had almost completely faded at one point, but a private company convinced local authorities to try a last ditch effort, using the barge to force the lost animal back onto the right path.…