Whale Snot & Drones?! – Nature Kids

Sydney researchers are using waterproof drones to collect snot from migrating humpback whales. The snot samples are used to do health check-ups!

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Storm Whale by Sarah Brennan, illustrated by Jane Tanner
Reviewed by Hanna, age 8

I found this book very emotional and poetic. The pictures are so beautiful. I like how the illustrator adds more colour on each page.

In the book, a whale is stranded on the beach and the girl and her sisters use buckets to wet the whale. After a sleepless stormy night, they run down to the beach …

‘And there, on the beach, on the golden shale,
Was not one sign of the stranded whale.’
Luckily, the whale is safely back in the ocean.


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TOP 5 WHALE WATCHING SPOTS

  • Kamay Botany Bay National Park
  • Sydney Harbour National Park
  • Coffs Coast Regional Park
  • Royal National Park
  • Wyrrabalong National Park

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Did you know?

A humpback whale’s tail fin is called a fluke and humpbacks are known for singing loud songs up to 30 minutes long!


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September

  • Sea Week: 2-8 Sep
  • National Biodiversity Month

October

  • World Habitat Day: 7 Oct
  • National Water Week: 21-27 Oct

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  • National Recycling Week: 11-17 Nov

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