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After 30 years dolphin, whale mysteries remain
Picture: Gayle Seddon) above, and a dolphin takes a leap in Western Port.
ALTHOUGH it has been 30 years since an organisation was formed to investigate and improve the lives of dolphins in Port Phillip and Western Port, many questions remain unanswered.
Solutions to some lifestyle problems have been found, but recent events have again highlighted the mysteries that remain.
A sperm whale washed ashore at Phillip Island over the Labor Day long weekend and researchers have been unable to explain why so few dolphins live in Western Port compared to Port Phillip.
Executive director of the Dolphin Research Institute, Jeff Weir, said dead whale and dolphin numbers were just two examples of the DRI’s “critical role in filling gaps and finding solutions that are only possible because of the decades of experience, understanding, and skills we have developed”.
After 30 years dolphin, whale mysteries remain
A SPERM whale found stranded on a beach at Phillip Island over the Labor Day long weekend (
Picture: Gayle Seddon) above, and a dolphin takes a leap in Western Port.
ALTHOUGH it has been 30 years since an organisation was formed to investigate and improve the lives of dolphins in Port Phillip and Western Port, many questions remain unanswered.
Solutions to some lifestyle problems have been found, but recent events have again highlighted the mysteries that remain.
A sperm whale washed ashore at Phillip Island over the Labor Day long weekend and researchers have been unable to explain why so few dolphins live in Western Port compared to Port Phillip.