||| FROM INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS |||
Two landmark studies of a rare sperm whale birth observation in the Caribbean are reshaping scientists’ understanding of cooperation in the animal kingdom, revealing that whales in unrelated family lines work collectively to help newborn calves survive.
Witnessing such an event is extremely uncommon. There is only one previous scientific observation of a sperm whale birth over the past six decades, and just four other accounts post-birth from whaling activities.
“What we’re seeing is deeply coordinated social care during one of the most vulnerable moments of life.”
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