Swim with a southern right

Produced by New Zealand Geographic

Whales gather in Sandy Bay, Port Ross in the Auckland Islands every winter to mate, calve and nurse newborn whales. This sub-adult male is still growing, as evidenced by its not-yet-fully-formed callosities, the clusters of whale lice that mark the face of every right whale. Notice how it touches the sand with its pectoral fin.

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