More than 100 pilot whales have become stranded on a beach near Dunsborough on Thursday morning.
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“It’s like a dystopian,post-apocalyptic David Attenborough documentary where you have penguins swimming on one side and a massive trawler on the other.”
The beached fin whale seems to be the latest victim of a pod of marauding orcas that has been eating and harassing dolphins and other marine mammals.
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The whale has attracted sharks,and swimming and diving in the area is not advised.
A whale that came close to swimmers at Port Beach on Saturday before beaching itself on a Rockingham sandbar two days later,has sadly died.
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The humpbacks,grey,southern rights and a northern right were spotted throwing,lifting,swimming through seaweed,even wrapping it around their own fins.
Reports suggest two men were flung into the water after a whale breached close to the vessel,police say.
Ferry passengers enjoyed a free whale watching experience as the inquisitive mammals swam near the Harbour Bridge before turning back towards the open ocean.