Whale season is in full swing, but tourist boat operators and citizen scientists are most excited about the increasing number of less social whales sighted this year.
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But it is the unexpected number of Bryde's whales feeding off the coast of Merimbula and Bermagui that have caught local tourism operators off guard. But a recent sighting of curious dwarf minke mugging a cruise line off the coast of Eden has also been considered a first. "This particular encounter was so wonderful because this juvenile dwarf minke swam around the boat for over 20 minutes.Bryde's whales in a feeding frenzy off the NSW Far South Coast.Humpback, dwarf minke, and southern right whales are making their return journey south to Antarctica, but the migration patterns of the Bryde's whale are not as well known.
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