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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.
Migaloo (whose name means "white fella" in multiple Aboriginal languages) [14] was first spotted in 1991 in the waters off Byron Bay. [15] Believed to have been born in 1986, [16] he is considered to be the most famous humpback whale in the world. [17] In 2004, skin samples were taken by researchers interested in the whales genetics. [15]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...
A personal submarine is a submarine, usually privately funded and constructed, which is usually primarily intended for recreational use. [1]Some are also used for scientific [1] or military [2] purposes.
The 2007–08 Antarctic campaign was named Operation Migaloo, after the only known albino humpback in the world. This campaign was the focus of the first season of Animal Planet's reality TV series Whale Wars, which premiered on November 7, 2008.
Sea turtles and dugongs can be observed around Bedarra Island and recently Migaloo, the white humped back whale, was spotted from a lookout engaged in its annual migration north (late June). [ 5 ] The island has few mammals; the largest is the echidna and there is also the fawn footed melomys , a small native rodent named after Edmund James ...
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 ...
John Andrew Henry Forrest AO (born 18 November 1961), nicknamed Twiggy, is an Australian businessman.He is best known as the former CEO (and current non-executive chairman) of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and has other interests in the mining industry and in cattle stations.