Footage showcases a majestic grey whale mother swimming alongside her playful calf off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Newsflare member fiandti11 used a drone to captured the aerial shots and a GoPro to film the close-up footage with the marine mammals.

They said: "A baby grey whale plays with the mother while a third adult watches from a close distance. Every year thousands of grey whales migrate from their feeding grounds in the Arctic Sea to the warmer waters of a few secluded bays in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where they mate and, 11 months later, give birth to a single calf.

"During the first 2 to 4 months of life, the newborn is jealously guarded by mommy whale, but around March-April the protective maternal instinct gives way to a desire to interact with human beings, a behaviour thought to be unique in the animal kingdom."

A baby grey whale plays with the mother while a third adult watches from close distance. Every year thousands of grey whales migrate from their feeding grounds in the Arctic sea to the warmer waters of a few secluded bays in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where they mate and, 11 months later, give birth to a single calf. During the first 2 to 4 months of life, the new born is jealously guarded by mommy whale, but around March-April the protective maternal instinct gives way to a desire to interact with human beings, a behavior thought to be unique in the animal kingdom.

The video has been filmed by myself (see notes below) using a GoPro in a dome port and a Mavic drone.

The action took place in February and March.

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Brief notes about the author: born in 1970 in northern Italy, graduated in Economics in 1996, started traveling soon afterwards working onboard cruise ships and as scuba diving guide; graduated in Interpreting and translation in 2013, set off traveling again with the desire to record cool stuff under and above the water. Compulsive reader and amateur writer.