Kauai residents witness humpback whale birth
By Associated Press
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Kauai residents were surprised to witness a humpback whale giving birth at Whalers Cove in Poipu over the weekend.
A Whalers Cove Resort pool technician on Saturday saw the whale give birth while an adult whale paced back and forth protecting the newborn. The mother whale gently pushed the newborn up as if to show the baby to the world.
Whalers Cove general manager Marianne Martin told The Garden Island newspaper the whale was so large that onlookers wondered how she could turn around inside the small cove.
The whales stayed inside the cove and surrounding area for a couple hours.
About 12,000 humpback whales migrate to Hawaii waters to breed and calve every winter after spending the summer feeding in northern waters.
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