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WHOA! Incredibly rare 'megapod' of more than 100 humpback whales surrounds boat

WHOA! Incredibly rare 'megapod' of more than 100 humpback whales surrounds boat
an incredible and incredibly rare sight captured off the coast of Australia. A mega pot of humpback whales, more than 100 strong was caught on camera surrounding a boat near Burma gooey, a town south of Sydney in New south Wales. A tour company was leading a training exercise when the whales appeared slapping their tails on the water, hurting fish in a feeding frenzy. The company's owner said the migrating whales he's seen this year have been feeding a lot more possibly due to a shortage of food a problem. He and other marine scientists blame on overfishing in Antarctica. He also said such a rare mass mega pod of humpbacks has only ever been seen once before in the country's waters. Speaking of amazing rare finds, an enormous hoard of gold artifacts buried in the Iron Age was recently found by an amateur metal detector wrist in Denmark. According to a danish cultural museum planning to exhibit the find, it consisted of more than 拢2 of gold treasures believed to have been buried some 1500 years ago. It's being described as one of the largest, richest and most beautiful gold treasures in danish history so far. But almost as amazing is how it was found by a rookie enthusiast who had just recently acquired a metal detector and was only hours into his search on a friend's land when he uncovered the amazing find, his friend says he might as well sell the detector now because he's already peaked for take a look at this. I'm jeremy Roth
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Updated: 11:40 AM CDT Sep 14, 2021
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WHOA! Incredibly rare 'megapod' of more than 100 humpback whales surrounds boat
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Updated: 11:40 AM CDT Sep 14, 2021
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A "megapod" of more than 100 humpback whales has been filmed surrounding a boat off the coast of Australia 鈥� an incredibly rare event an expert says has only ever been captured once before in the country's waters.The whales skirted the boat near Bermagui, about 236 miles from Sydney, as they fed on a large bait ball 鈥� a tightly packed school of fish swimming in a spherical shape.Simon Millar, owner of Sapphire Coastal Adventures, was leading a team training exercise with his staff when they spotted the whales on Sept. 9. In the video, the whales can be seen slapping their tails in the ocean, trying to herd the fish.Millar said it was only the second time a mass aggregation of whales 鈥� known as a "megapod" 鈥� has ever been seen in Australian waters."It was incredible," he told CNN. "We saw the whales swimming all around the area. They were just everywhere. We were very lucky."The sight and sound was really something."Australia's coastline comes alive with pods of whales every year between April and November as they swim north from the Antarctic, where they spend their summers feeding, to sub-tropical waters, where they mate and give birth, according to Australia's Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment.Their annual migration can cover up to 6,214 miles, and attracts thousands of visitors to coastal towns like Byron Bay, Hervey Bay and Eden. The majority of humpbacks migrate back towards the Southern Ocean from September to November, the department said.Millar said the whales he has seen this year have been feeding a lot more, possibly due to a shortage of food."We are depleting their food source in Antarctica by over fishing," he said.David M. Baker, Associate Professor at the Swire Institute of Marine Science at the University of Hong Kong, said humans are "competing with (whales) directly for food," and we are changing where food is available "by altering the global climate.""Global fisheries deplete the very things that whales eat, like schooling fish and krill and could severely undermine their recovery," he said. "Climate change is also impairing recovery of some species, including critically endangered right whales in the North Atlantic."

A "megapod" of more than 100 humpback whales surrounding a boat off the coast of Australia 鈥� an incredibly rare event an expert says has only ever been captured once before in the country's waters.

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The whales skirted the boat near Bermagui, about 236 miles from Sydney, as they fed on a large bait ball 鈥� a tightly packed school of fish swimming in a spherical shape.

Simon Millar, owner of Sapphire Coastal Adventures, was leading a team training exercise with his staff when they spotted the whales on Sept. 9. In the video, the whales can be seen slapping their tails in the ocean, trying to herd the fish.

Millar said it was only the second time a mass aggregation of whales 鈥� known as a "megapod" 鈥� has ever been seen in Australian waters.

"It was incredible," he told CNN. "We saw the whales swimming all around the area. They were just everywhere. We were very lucky.

"The sight and sound was really something."

Australia's coastline comes alive with pods of whales every year between April and November as they swim north from the Antarctic, where they spend their summers feeding, to sub-tropical waters, where they mate and give birth, according to .

Their annual migration can cover up to 6,214 miles, and attracts thousands of visitors to coastal towns like Byron Bay, Hervey Bay and Eden. The majority of humpbacks migrate back towards the Southern Ocean from September to November, the department said.

Millar said the whales he has seen this year have been feeding a lot more, possibly due to a shortage of food.

"We are depleting their food source in Antarctica by over fishing," he said.

David M. Baker, Associate Professor at the Swire Institute of Marine Science at the University of Hong Kong, said humans are "competing with (whales) directly for food," and we are changing where food is available "by altering the global climate."

"Global fisheries deplete the very things that whales eat, like schooling fish and krill and could severely undermine their recovery," he said. "Climate change is also impairing recovery of some species, including critically endangered right whales in the North Atlantic."