Mugging
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Humpbacks Spy Hopping off Rottnest – 5/9/19
Humpbacks Spy Hopping off Rottnest Island today as we met a bachelor pod of three males who decided we were welcome to Join The Pod™ and hang out with them for a while! Our first interaction was with a large adult and possible her yearling who moved quickly through the area and it wasn’t long…
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An Incredible Mugging from “Two Spot”! – 26/8/19
Started the day with T137A “Jack”, who was travelling by himself in Saratoga Passage. Then for the highlight of the trip, we go back to Edmonds to look for humpback MMZ0013 “Two Spot”…he was very far away and every time he came up from a deep dive he was further away…all of a sudden, he…
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My First (Whale) Mugging – 5/10/17
Woe is to the naturalist who has repeatedly watched whales approach other vessels to inspect them and never had the pleasure of this “mugging” experience. Every time I witnessed this behaviour it was always a whale approaching every boat but the one I was on. We would sit back at the appropriate distance (100m) engines…