Female North Atlantic right whale and calf (IMAGE)

New England Aquarium

Female North Atlantic right whale and calf

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Female North Atlantic right whale “War” (Catalog #1812) swims with her calf off of Florida in January 2004. Three years later, a biopsy sample from “Seadragon” (Catalog #3680) determined that her calf had survived.

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New England Aquarium, taken under permit #655-1652-01

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