Megaptera novaeangliae
1 Humpback Whale at Slade Point, QLD
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| Megaptera novaeangliae | MichaelBedingfield | 4 Mar 2025 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | CarbonAI | 20 Feb 2024 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Petesteamer | 20 Feb 2024 |
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Surprising sight: after about 45 mins of circling and nudging between two large adults; a very small calf was lifted to the surface: presumed calving. The small back fin can be seen in one photo at the (mother) lifts it, another shows the calf swimming alongside, another shows the (Mother) and (Aunt) with the back and fin of the calf clearly between them approximately where the mother's nose would be (Lifting?). All this about 150-200 meters of Slade Point lookout.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.231382-21.070883
- Places Slade Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 17 Aug 2020 09:29 AM Recorded on
- Petesteamer Recorded by
- Female Gender
- Dependent young Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Megaptera novaeangliae Scientific name
- Humpback Whale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 66.3m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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