In rare natural event, mother whale adopts orphaned calf
There has been plenty of bad news recently involving cetaceans, including two whale deaths in the past few days alone (off Florida and in the Wadden Sea). But a touching story is playing out off South Africa, where a southern right whale mother, who is caring for her calf, appears to have adopted an orphaned calf that had previously been alone and seemed to face an imperiled future.

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