article_snippet: The mammal reported The mammal January 18 to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, which set out to find the calf and his mother.
article_snippet: The mammal found the pair and took more pictures, which were sent to the NOAA Fisheries on February 9 for evaluation.
article_snippet: The next step was to find the creatures again.
article_snippet: Through characteristics on his mother's dorsal fin, The mammal was able to identify his mother through records on file and target his mother home range for a search.
article_snippet: The process took about an hour, from netting the calf and his mother to sending them on them way, Stratton said.
article_snippet: Rescuers gave the calf a long-lasting antibiotic and radio-tagged his mother before releasing both mother and son to the ocean "where both mother and son belong," Stratton said.