Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’
by Petra Stock from on (#6XDAA)
Newborns seen in colder waters as far south as Tasmania, indicating breeding and migration more complex than thought
Baby humpback whales are turning up in unexpected places.
In Australia, humpback mums were assumed to travel north to give birth in warmer, tropical waters - like the Great Barrier Reef - before migrating south with their calves along the humpback highway" to feed in waters off Antarctica.
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