Migaloo
Sign in to savethumb|Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney thumb|Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998 Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on June 28, 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay.
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- White colouration
- Sightings in Australia
- Sightings elsewhere in the world
- Name controversy
- Migration
- References
thumb|Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney thumb|Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998 Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on June 28, 1991 at 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Migaloo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.