Watch the first sperm whale birth caught on video by scientists

Watch the first sperm whale birth caught on video by scientists

It takes a village to deliver a whale calf. That’s what the most detailed video ever of a sperm whale birth shows. In the footage, a female whale in labor is surrounded by others assisting her. Almost all of her helpers are female. But not all are related to the birthing mom. This shows that sperm whales benefit from cooperation, just as humans do. Because getting to watch the birth of a whale is extremely rare, only a few scientific studies hav…