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Right whales have plenty to celebrate this Mother’s Day: The sea moms gave birth to a record 39 calves this spring.
The New England Aquarium said Friday that the birth surge broke the record of 31 and showed much improvement from 2000, when only one calf was born.
Each birthing season is important because right whales are among the most endangered whales in the world, numbering fewer than 400.
The mothers travel nearly 1,000 miles down the East Coast to warmer waters off Georgia and Florida to have their babies.
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