Researchers are analysing footage of a 'rare sighting' of killer whales off Queensland's coast to see if any are related to a pod which was stranded a decade ago.
abc.net.au/news/killer-whale-sighting-qld-fraser-coast-2013-stranding/101356362Researchers are analysing footage of a "rare sighting" of killer whales off Queensland's Fraser Coast, almost a decade after a mass stranding of the mammals.Sighting were also made at Tweed Heads
"We think there's between nine and 11 individual killer whales, which is a relatively large group of killer whales for east coast Australia," KWA coordinator David Donnelly said. "It would be fair to say that the animals that are off the coast of Fraser Island may well be following that migration in the opportunity to take down a calf or even a sick adult," he said.Footage may link whales with stranded mammals, and several of mammals died.
"They just seemed to be regrouping and that's really interesting to understand that social dynamic within a group of animals."
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