CAPE COD, Mass. - A rare sighting was captured in the Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts showing a North Atlantic right whale and her calf swimming side by side.
The pair was seen March 27. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution posted footage of the moment. It showed a right whale called Spindle feeding and swimming with her calf.RELATED: It’s official: Agreement in place to bring Tokitae home from Miami Seaquarium to Puget SoundThe NOAA Fisheries says the critically-endangered species usually travels the New England coast in the spring.
A fourth of the total population was spotted off the coast of Cape Cod last month, the Boston Globe reported.Storyful contributed to this report.