Dolphin giving birth caught on camera

Animal News

The birth of a dolphin calf has been caught on camera at Brookfield Zoo  in Chicago.

The three-foot long female baby weighed 40-pounds.

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The mother, 26-year-old Allie was in labor for several hours and officials say she would have experienced the same pains as any expectant mammal.

The new arrival took to her surroundings instantly by swimming around with flicks of her tail fin and rising to the surface for gulps of air.