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The discovery of the Great Barrier Reef's whale maternity ward
It started with a simple message: "This is the year to do something small for something huge." Now, 17 years later, the Whitsundays region has some of the best protection in the world for migrating humpback whales.
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Sightings of unusual humpback whale behavior began to mount in 2009 as tourism operators in the Whitsundays reported observations of 'fluking' to the Reef Authority's Eye on the Reef network. Perplexed by what they were seeing, they reached out to scientists to understand the behavior.
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