Red Sea Creatures Podcast
Red Sea Creatures Podcast
Red Sea Creatures
Historic Footage: Drone Captures First-Ever Humpback Whale Birth
10 minutes Posted Aug 1, 2026 at 1:30 pm.
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High above the New South Wales coast, drone pilot Alexander Forrest witnessed a truly extraordinary event: the birth of a humpback whale. This marks only the fourth time a humpback birth has ever been filmed, and significantly, the first captured by a drone. This technological milestone provided an intimate, undisturbed view of a multi-tonne giant in her most vulnerable state.