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'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
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A camera drone operator captured footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the north coast of New South Wales in what is thought to be a world first.
Watch humpback whale birth captured by camera drone off Australian coast - YouTube Watch OnDuring the survey, Forrest noticed a whale swimming slightly behind her pod and going unusually slowly.
It gives critical inside moments in the first moments of a calf's life, and also discovers the behaviour of a new humpback whale mother and her freshly newborn calf."
An ORRCA spokesperson said that this is only the fourth time the phenomenon of a humpback whale giving birth had been filmed, in general.
The expectant humpback whale mother swam behind her pod, eventually giving birth by herself.