Mother Humpback Whale Grieves for Days Over Her Dead Calf
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BIOENGINEER.ORGHumpback Whale Mother Keeps Vigil Beside Her Stillborn Calf
Scientists have documented for the first time a humpback whale mother attending her stillborn calf off Australia, touching and staying beside the body for hours and possibly days.
Mother Humpback Whale Grieves for Days Over Her Dead Calf
7 Title: Rare Sighting of Mother Humpback Whale Staying with Dead Calf Sparks New Research Introduction: Researchers from Griffith University and the SeaWorld Foundation recently observed a rare behavior in humpback whales that sheds light on how these majestic creatures respond to loss. In 2025, a female humpback whale, believed to have given birth to [...]
Do whales, and other highly social animals, such as elephants, live in mourning? It was a tragic sight. One day, last July, a newly-born calfskin whale yazia immobile at the bottom of the sea, just a mile from the Gold Coast, Australia. The encounter was recorded in underwater video. For more than an hour, the mother repeatedly returned to the same place, gently touching the calf with the head and one of the pectoral fins and staying next to it,…
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