00:01This is the humpback whale giving birth in the open ocean.
00:06After nearly a year inside its mother, the calf enters the water tail first.
00:13Already larger than a car and weighing close to a ton,
00:17but even at that size it still cannot survive alone.
00:21The newborn has never breathed before, so the mother immediately pushes it toward the surface.
00:27Seconds later, the calf takes its first breath as waves move around its body for the very first time.
00:34Then, she stays beside it constantly, guiding it through currents helping it swim,
00:40slowing her own migration so the baby can keep up.
00:43Every day, the calf drinks huge amounts of fat-rich milk,
00:47growing rapidly in an ocean where weakness never lasts long.
00:51Because for humpback whales, survival begins the moment they are born.
00:57in a surprising way.
00:57The calf drinks the Bear will be coming.
00:57So, just before first, she has heard of the guy who is born.
00:57This is a calf that is bigger than an awhile.
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