A humpback whale travelling through a crocodile-infested Kakadu river finally makes its way back out to sea, ending a saga that fascinated and concerned scientists.
A humpback whale that stunned scientists when it was found 20 kilometres upstream in a crocodile-infested river in Kakadu National Park has finally returned to the open sea after a 17-day epic journey.It's the first time in recorded history humpbacks have been seen in the East Alligator RiverExperts who were tracking its progress sighted the whale, dubbed The Kakadu Humpback, nine kilometres off the Van Diemen Gulf on Sunday.
Scientists were considering a number of options, including using killer whale calls or loud noises, to scare the whale back out to sea. "We did not even decide to put a tracker on it because we did not want to scare it when it was in shallow waters," she said.The NT scientific team sought advice from experts across Australia.
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