Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose Dolphin at Point Lookout, QLD
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| Tursiops truncatus | Liam.m | 22 Nov 2023 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | CarbonAI | 22 Nov 2023 | |
| Tursiops truncatus | TimL | 22 Nov 2023 |
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These dolphins had recently surfed a wave towards the coast and were returning back out to sea, seen here riding down the rear side of an incoming wave. The brown streaks on the ocean surface were probably an algal bloom, most likely Trichodesmium algae, as shown in sighting 4529094.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.546171-27.434461
- Altitude 33.0m
- Places Point Lookout, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM Recorded on
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- Mixed Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Tursiops truncatus Scientific name
- Bottlenose Dolphin Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 46.1m Recorded at altitude
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