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Monkey Mia
Monkey Mia is a popular resort located in the Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage Site. People have been coming here for years to see the feeding of the Bottlenose Dolphins that come close to shore. It has also become an important centre for dolphin research.
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The dolphins that visit the Monkey Mia beach are a matriarchal group consisting of three unrelated adult females and a selection of their calves, some of whom are now also adult females. They are Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus); their calves are born 12 months after mating and will usually suckle for up to four years. The sex of a calf cannot be determined until it is 6 months old.
Location: 800 kilometres north of Perth.
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