/ 23 May 2023

Watching them, watching us

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Photo: Fernando Flores via Wikicommons

Grab your binoculars and get to the water – it’s whale-watching season… Between May and June every year, between 40,000 and 50,000 humpback whales make the long journey from the feeding grounds of Antarctica to the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. It’s the equivalent of Tasweigans heading to Queensland for the winter… And during their migration, the whales can be spotted along most of Australia’s east coast if you’re lucky enough to get to a headland or on a boat. If you are on a boat, you’ll be glad to know that Australia has humpback whales and not orcas, which have sunk 3 boats off the coast of Spain in recent years. The theory of one biologist is that a female orca was injured by a boat and then rounded up her friends, and her friend’s children, to carry out their revenge. Note to self: never cross an orca…

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