Fraser Coast killer whales could be survivors of 2013 pod stranding


Researchers are analysing footage of a "rare sighting" of killer whales off Queensland's Fraser Coast, almost a decade after a mass stranding of the mammals.
The pod of whales was filmed by a fisherman in deep waters near K'gari-Fraser Island last week and the footage was sent to Killer Whales Australia (KWA).

"We think there's between nine and 11 individual killer whales, which is a relatively large group of killer whales for east coast Australia," KWA coordinator David Donnelly said.

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