Drone footage captures rare humpback calf birth in Australia
TL;DR
A drone operator filming off New South Wales captured the birth of a humpback whale calf, including its first breath. The event is likely only the fourth humpback birth ever filmed and the first captured by drone, providing scientists with valuable data on reproduction and maternal behavior gathered by ORRCA researchers.
- Drone pilot spots humpback whale acting strangely. What happens next is breathtaking BBC Wildlife Magazine
- A Whale Gave Birth. A Drone Was There to Capture the Spectacle. The New York Times
- Drone captures rare footage of humpback whale giving birth USA Today
- First drone footage of a humpback birth shows mum and bub thriving SMH.com.au
- Drone captures rare video of 'magical' whale birth ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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