Thursday, November 14, 2019

SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALES

Photographed off Scott’s Reef, WA, November 2019

120                     SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALES                         Globicephala macrorhynchus

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                    120

Two distinctive races; Southern Hemisphere G. m. melas. Generally abundant in temperate to tropical waters of all major mid-latitude oceans, reaching 25 degrees south. Up to 7.2 m. Groups typically 15-50Travels in lines in scattered sub-groups and individuals. Very sociable and frequently associates with other species. 





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