VIDEO OF THE DAY: Right Whale Mother and Her Calf Spotted Off Satellite Beach Coast
By WESH // February 25, 2019
video filmed by Ryan Clapper
ABOVE VIDEO: Incredible footage filmed on Sunday shows a North Atlantic right whale and her calf swimming off the coast of Satellite Beach. (Video by Ryan Klapper)
BREVARD COUNTY • SATELLITE BEACH, FLORIDA (WESH) – Incredible footage filmed on Sunday shows a North Atlantic right whale and her calf swimming off the coast of Satellite Beach.
The video was filmed by Ryan Clapper.
Clapper said the whales played in the area until a boat scared them away.
Scientists estimate only about 450 North Atlantic right whales remain. Right whales need to deliver 16 to 18 calves a year just to maintain their current population.
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