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"Australians have watched in horror this week as two separate humpback whales
were tangled up in Queensland shark nets on the same day. These put the number
of whales caught in Queensland shark nets to four this season – that we know
about.
Worryingly, most humpback whales migrating north from Antarctica haven’t even
passed Sydney yet. With more whales travelling to the warm Queensland breeding
waters, this probably won’t be the last shark net entanglement we’ll hear about
this year.
I’ve seen the reality of whale entanglement in shark nets firsthand, when I
studied a humpback whale calf who died in a shark net a few years back. The
animal autopsy (necropsy) conducted later confirmed the animal drowned. It was
terrible.
So what are shark nets exactly, and how do they harm animals?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
