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Photo title: Humpback whale breaching
Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries
Photo title: Endangered Hector's Dolphin, New Zealand
Photo credit: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society www.forestandbird.org.nz
Whale researchers in Western Australia say they've just witnessed and photographed a newborn humpback whale taking its first breath. The researchers from the Centre for Whale Research saw the mother lifting the newborn completely clear of the water for about 10 seconds while it took its first breath (see photo). The CWR is calling for a whale sanctuary in the breeding area as offshore/onshore gas facilities are developed along the Kimberley coast. Photo credit: Micheline Jenner, CWR
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