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University of Hawaii footage captures newborn humpback minutes after birth

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Video courtesy University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa marine mammal researchers captured rare drone footage within 20 minutes after a mother humpback whale gave birth to her calf off Maui.
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COURTESY LARS BEJDER / NOAA PERMIT 20311-01

The University of Hawaii Marine Mammal Research Program was able to capture aerial images of a newborn humpback whale within about 20 minutes of its birth in waters off Maui earlier this month.