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Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events

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By Yaniv Aluma, Zethra Baron, Ricardo Barrett, Courtney Baumgartner, Gašper Beguš, Sushmita Bhattacharya, Michael Bronstein, Shlomi Dahan, Oscar Davis, Sarah de Haas, Jullan Defoe, Joseph DelPreto, Roberto Dessì, Roee Diamant, John Gatesy, Kevin George, Shane Gero, Darren Gibbons, Dean Gibbons, Stephanie Gil, Shafi Goldwasser, david Gruber, Odel Harve, Alyssa Hernandez, Mapal Ishay, Ninad Jadhav, Lakshyana KC, Aidan Kenny, António E. Leitão, Antônio Jorge Leitão, Maxime Lucas, Alaa Maalouf, Peter Malkin, Yaly Mevorach, Stefano Pagani, Orr Paradise, Giovanni Petri, Simone Poetto, Emanuele Rossi, Daniela Rus, Michael Salino-Hugg, Andrea Santoro, Pratyusha Sharma, Dan Tchernov, Antonio Torralba, Pernille Tønnesen, Daniel Vogt, Robert Wood
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Abstract Wild cetacean birth observations are extremely rare, with observations having been recorded in less than 10% of cetacean species. Here, we describe a detailed accounting of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) birth off the coast of Dominica within a well-documented social unit and consisted of sperm whales collaboratively lifting the newborn out of the water.
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