{"id":142,"date":"2021-03-11T18:41:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marineresearch.org.au\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2021-12-27T11:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T03:08:44","slug":"general-information-about-whales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.marineresearch.org.au\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"General information about whales in Geographe Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Western Australia is a huge long coastline (over 10,000 km). Along this coastline we have several annual whale migrations north and south. In Geographe Bay we see four main species on a regular basis. These are <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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breaching humpback<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis), <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus ) , and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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blue whale surfacing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Although they look a bit like dolphins they are bigger, usually travel alone (which is rare for a dolphin to do), and they travel very fast making them difficult to spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also see from time to time long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), Shepherd\u00b4s beaked whales (Tasmacetus shepherdi), some Gray\u00b4s-beaked whales (Mesoplodon grayi) short-finned pilot whales, and false killer whales although these sightings are of stranded whales (including mass strandings).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Western Australia is a huge long coastline (over 10,000 km). Along this coastline we have several annual whale migrations north and south. In Geographe Bay we see four main species on a regular basis. These are Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis), Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus ) , and Minke whales (Balaenoptera … <\/p>\n

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