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Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998. Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay.
One of the world's rarest sea creatures, Migaloo the white humpback whale (his name is an Aboriginal word for "white fella") was spotted off the eastern coast of Australia on June 19. According to ...
Frosty, a white killer whale, was spotted off the coast of Newport Beach on April 29, 2024. Fasser quickly snatched her binoculars, taking a closer look, Rodriguez told McClatchy News in a phone ...
The sighting is the first time an all-white Omura’s whale has been seen in Thailand, and it could be the first reported sighting in the world, Thon Thamrongnawasawat wrote in a Jan. 6 Facebook post.
Whale watching in Australia is a popular recreational pursuit and a tourist activity along various coasts. In 2008, whale and dolphin watching was worth an estimated A$ 31 million in direct expenditure to the Australian economy with an estimated 1.6 million tourists participating in the activity. [ 1 ]
Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. [3] Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. [4] The common name and specific epithet commemorate Japanese cetologist Hideo Omura . [5] [6]
The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust said it had received reports of 17 whale sightings in the waters around the islands between 29 December and 8 January, with minke and humpback whales among those ...
Russian scientists working on the White Whale Program place transmitters onto whales in Sea of Okhotsk The beluga is considered an excellent sentinel species (indicator of environment health and changes), because it is long-lived, at the top of the food web, bears large amounts of fat and blubber, relatively well-studied for a cetacean, and ...