A New Identification Revises the Right Whale Calf Count
Better observations can change a total without a new birth occurring.
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In this lesson: Interpret a revised count without inventing a new event.
Grammar in this story: Contrast with rather than
rather than evidence of a birth this week
Rather than contrasts a revised record with a new biological event. The count changed, but the text does not place the birth this week.
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Explain how the total can increase without a calf being born this week.
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A previously uncounted calf can be identified in older photographs. Adding that calf improves the record of the season’s births without showing a new birth this week.
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