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Dugong mating footage captured off Yeppoon beach ‘remarkable’ and ‘rare’ – ABC News
A beachgoer’s sighting of two dugongs close to the shore may be a sign that the population of the usually solitary marine mammals, considered vulnerable, may be…
Petra was on her afternoon walk along a beach in Yeppoon, Queensland when one of her dogs noticed something in the surf.
- Rare footage of dugongs mating was captured off the coast of Yeppoon, Queensland
- The Morton Bay dugong population is well documented, but the specie’s movement elsewhere is not
- Human-related injuries remain the biggest threat to the dugong population, which is classed as vulnerable
“I saw a fin coming out of the water, so I called the dogs back,” she said.
“My initial thought was,…
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