"There are two heavy ropes/lines coming out of the left side of its mouth," one NOAA official told me. Thankfully, the calf is not entangled, "but has been observed swimming in/through/around the lines, she said: adding: "Very nerve wracking to watch."

But she added that the "general opinion is that the lines are short enough that the calf likely won't become entangled, if everything remains the same."

Snow Cone has been entangled since at least earlier this year. "Based on that and the general health assessments, the prevailing thought is that it's not immediately life threatening," the source said.

Here's an image of the entangled whale, Snow Cone, and its new calf, swimming in the waters off Georgia, courtesy of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Here are a few more images of the entangled whale and its new calf off the coast of Georgia.

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Known right whale mom #3430 & her new calf were seen off FL yesterday by the FWC aerial survey team. Mom is 18 yrs old.This is her 2nd known calf.Her first calf, a male, was seen in 2020. We are now at 8 RW calves for the season.Pic MyFWC under permit 20556-01-Give Them Space!

With a knife and kayak, Florida Man removes some rope from Snow Cone, the severely entangled right whale that just gave birth to a new calf. facebook.com/bobby.stockton…

The moment when this #FLORIDAMAN, a real estate broker from Jacksonville, used a knife to cut what appears to be fishing rope off a severely entangled right whale.

To be clear, while brave and hopefully helpful, this was extremely dangerous and very much illegal. You need a federal permit to get this close to a right whale and do this kind of work.

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Congratulations to The Boston Globe David Abel on their Emmy nomination for Entangled Film! Watch the trailer: kinema.com/films/entangle…

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.Entangled Film by the The Boston Globe's David Abel, which airs on the series Local, USA (WORLD), has been nominated for a national Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary #Emmy. Local, USA is hosted by COM's Tina McDuffie. Read more about the nomination ⬇️

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What a great night to celebrate with the great team who made Entangled Film. We didn't win the Emmy, but we sure did have fun. Thank you WORLD and GBH for inviting us all, and for everything you did to share our film with the world.