In what is considered the first evidence of birth assistance in non-primates, scientists studying a pod of 11 whales off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica filmed a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.
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Whales work together to help mother giving birth

THE GUARDIAN

In what is considered the first evidence of birth assistance in non-primates, scientists studying a pod of 11 whales off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica filmed a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.

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