‘Super-group’ of humpback whales sighted for the first time in Australia

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Typically, humpback whales are seen migrating in pods of two to three, or even up to five. A group of this size is extremely rare. Previously, a ‘super-group’ was spotted once in the Southern Hemisphere—in South African waters, the website reported.

“When I first saw the drone footage of these whales popping up in the same shot, I was overwhelmed,” Vanessa Pirotta, wildlife scientist, told the news website. “It was just unbelievable… The pod is bubbling. There are whales coming up, turning on the side, taking breaths. It is a big mash of whales.”

In the clip, which has now gone viral on social media, the whales were seen exhibiting bubble-net feeding behaviour, which is a pattern where whales blow a net of bubbles around their prey to trap the creature. Usually witnessed in the northern hemisphere, scientists are not yet sure how this behaviour arose here.

Experts speculated that the rise in the whale numbers may be due to conservation efforts, triggering the mass feeding event, the report added.