Bold baby

“This is a calf that we swam with on a few days in October 2016 in Tonga. At this time, many mums and calves have already started their journey south to Antarctic feeding grounds. The calf was very playful, even boisterous, and had a habit of rolling under us, showing off her ventral pleats – the folded skin on the throat that expands to take in tonnes of water during lunge feeding. She was nicknamed ‘The cutest most adorable calf in the whole wide world’ and the name stuck.”