AUSTRALIA-SCIENCE-ANIMAL-DOLPHIN

AUSTRALIA-SCIENCE-ANIMAL-DOLPHIN

This undated picture released by Guido J. Parra of Flinders University on October 31, 2013 shows Australian humpback dolphins swimming off the coast of northern Australia. Researchers have identified a new humpback dolphin species off northern Australia, using genetic mapping to single out an animal not previously known to science. A global team led by the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society made the discovery after examining almost 200 dead dolphins and tissue specimens from live animals across the four Atlantic, Indian and Indo-Pacific ocean areas where humpbacks are known to live. AFP PHOTO / GUIDO J. PARRA / FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
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