Dugong mating footage captured off Yeppoon beach ‘remarkable’ and ‘rare’ – ABC News

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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