Migaloo

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Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on June 28, 1991 on the Australian east coast near Byron Bay. The White Whale Research Centre (WWRC) was founded by Oskar Peterson in 1997 in order to raise awareness of Migaloo the white whale and it has become a collaboration of research from renowned marine experts and citizen scientists who have helped to collect and record sightings over the years. These recorded sightings are available via the website, migaloo.com.au. His singing was first recorded in 1998, which made scientists believe that Migaloo is a male humpback. After genetic analysis in 2004 by Southern Cross University scientists, it was confirmed that Migaloo is male and possibly born in the mid-to-late 1980s; some scientists believe a likely birth year of 1989. In 2022 a dead white humpback whale was washed up on a beach in Victoria that was thought to be Migaloo. After analysis by Victoria...

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