December 29,
2018
Florida
conservationists are reporting a right whale calf sighting off the state's
Atlantic coast.
In a
Facebook post , the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish
and Wildlife Research Institute said it's the first calf sighting of the
critically endangered whale's winter calving season.
Wildlife
officials said the calf and its mother were spotted Friday offshore near the
mouth of the St. Johns River. The commission said the mother had been spotted
five days ago off the Georgia coast.
Right whales
typically migrate from the North Atlantic to give birth off the coasts of
Georgia and Florida from December through March.
Scientists
estimate only about 450 North Atlantic right whales remain.
No newborns were reported during the last calving season, and just five calves
were counted during the previous year.
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