Mammals
Sea Mammals
Sighting 4529416

Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose Dolphin at Point Lookout, QLD

Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
Tursiops truncatus at Point Lookout, QLD - 14 Nov 2023 01:27 PM
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Identification history

Tursiops truncatus 22 Nov 2023 Liam.m
Megaptera novaeangliae 22 Nov 2023 CarbonAI
Tursiops truncatus 22 Nov 2023 TimL

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User's notes

These dolphins had recently surfed a wave towards the coast and were returning back out to sea, seen here riding down the rear side of an incoming wave. The brown streaks on the ocean surface were probably an algal bloom, most likely Trichodesmium algae, as shown in sighting 4529094.

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Additional information

  • Mixed Gender
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Tursiops truncatus Scientific name
  • Bottlenose Dolphin Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 46.1m Recorded at altitude
  • 131 images trained Machine learning

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