Humpback whale makes record journey of more than 13,000km from South America to Africa
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Research done with the help of citizen science shows male humpback completed almost twice the typical migration distance
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A humpback whale has journeyed more than 13,000km from South America to Africa, which researchers say is the longest distance ever recorded for an individual whale.
New research published in Royal Society Open Science recorded sightings of a male humpback whale, initially spotted near the coast of Colombia and recorded nearly a decade later near Zanzibar, Africa.
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