{"id":200569,"date":"2025-06-20T18:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/200569\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:46:20","slug":"young-humpback-gets-lost-in-koombana-bay-and-befriends-bunbury-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/200569\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Humpback gets lost in Koombana Bay and befriends Bunbury dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A young Humpback Whale travelling along the WA coastline on its northward migration from Antarctica got a bit lost and ended up in Koombana Bay but was guided back to safety by a friendly pod of dolphins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\"><a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dolphindiscovery.com.au\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLB0PdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFrNXVSb2VJdTFBTEZWM0hFAR6kaPVaVRDqQ0e_OZmYgcdGD9iagNqHkV9CaOJKW-1QGZ9C4MM6M0mP1Kd8Uw_aem_GY_QAhSZKcJbaltow0_KCQ\">Dolphin Discovery Centre<\/a> volunteers spotted an animal in the bay that was too large to be a dolphin and quickly identified a whale near the Outer Harbour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAfter observing the animal from the air and vessel it appeared to be in good health and was not entangled which was quite a relief to see\u201d the Dolphin Discovery Centre wrote in a <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dolphindiscoverycentre\/videos\/769887368728550\">Facebook post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">What happened next was an extraordinary example of cohesion and connection between different species of marine wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe dolphins took over and while playing and interacting with each other they slowly guided their large cousin out of the bay towards the deeper waters of Geographe Bay\u201d The Dolphin Discovery Centre revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The drone footage captured by the environmental charity shows the young humpback playing on the surface of the water with four dolphins, before a wide shot reveals the whale being guided to deeper water by the dolphins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/689d253bfd7ca4680b001155aae6ae2a5055bfbb-161x229-x147y0w610h868.jpg\" alt=\"The drone footage reveals the whale being guided to deeper water by the dolphins.\u00a0\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe drone footage reveals the whale being guided to deeper water by the dolphins.\u00a0 Credit: Dolphin Disovery Centre\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">It can be a worrying sign if whales take shelter on their northward migration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSometimes it happens that an animal gets spooked by a predator, is poorly or injured or might have a fishing gear entanglement. These animals then often seek for shelter in calmer and more shallow parts to rest up\u201d The Dolphin Discovery Centre shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The video was flooded with comments from people who were amazed by the footage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe Amazing Creation of the Animal World. The unseen, unsensed connection they have to support, guide, protect and provide\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1tqt8t0-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIsn\u2019t nature amazing?! What a great story and fantastic footage\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young Humpback Whale travelling along the WA coastline on its northward migration from Antarctica got a bit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[933,12,70,16,15,29592,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-200569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wa-news","14":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114717182520256867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}