Scientists discover uncounted right whale calf off Canada, bringing season's total to 24 amid population of 380
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In a remarkable development, scientists have confirmed the sighting of a previously unrecorded North Atlantic right whale calf near Quebec, bringing this season's total to 24, the…
Scientists have confirmed that a North Atlantic right whale calf spotted off Quebec in September was a previously uncounted baby from the most recent calving season, raising the season’s total to 24. The discovery, reported by the Associated Press (AP) and confirmed through analysis by the New England Aquarium, is a rare bright spot for one of the world’s most endangered large whales, whose global population is estimated at only about 380 animals.The calf was photographed beside its 38-year-old mother, a whale researchers know as Silt, near Anticosti Island in Quebec.
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