Humpback Whale in Wild Observed Greiving for Stillborn Calf

Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage: "Heartbreaking to watch"

The footage shows a female humpback whale staying close to the dead calf as it lies motionless on the seafloor, touching it with its head and fin.

Humpback whale in wild observed greiving for stillborn calf

By Stephen Beech A humpback whale has been observed grieving for her stillborn calf. It is the first filmed evidence that baleen whales mourn the loss of a loved one, say ecologists. The emotional scenes of a female humpback whale,…

'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage

Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.

Do animals grieve? Rare footage of this mother and her calf may hold the answer

A whale rescuer dipped a GoPro underwater, and captured something extraordinary.

Mother Humpback Whale Seen Apparently Mourning Her Stillborn Calf For The First Time

We’ve seen behavior like this often among toothed whales, but never before among the baleen whales that include the largest animals on Earth.

Heartbreaking video shows humpback whale watching over stillborn calf

The footage, filmed off the southern Gold Coast last year, shows a female humpback whale who had given birth to a presumed deceased calf.