The blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, rarely identified in the Southern Ocean, but a group of brave researchers have found, and to note some mammals after removing their voices deep and complex.
Environment Minister Tony Burke said the researchers, who spent seven weeks working on small boats in frosty Antarctica have been fascinated by the remarkable behavior of the whales they saw.
"Antarctic blue whales can reach more than 30 meters in length and weigh up to 180 tons, the language only heavier elephant and his heart is as big as a small car," said Burke.
"Even the largest dinosaurs were smaller than the blue whale."
Scientists have collected 23 samples of biopsy and joint satellite beacons for the two pillars.
"Transferred lighthouses still obtained data on the longitudinal fast movements during their summer feeding and feeding behavior in relation to the edge of the ice in Antarctica," Tagger Virginia Andrews-Goff said.
"This method of studying blue whales in the Antarctic has been such a success that it will become a model for other whale researchers throughout the world."
The first flight in the Southern Ocean Whale Antarctic blue project involves the deployment of buoys western Ross Sea, to take singing blue whales, which can be found on hundreds of kilometers (miles).
They recorded 626 hours of songs, with 26,545 calls in the Antarctic blue whales are analyzed in real time, said lead acoustician Brian Miller.
"The researchers were then able to position triangulation whale vocalizations and steer the ship to the target area," he said.
Burke said that studies have shown that it was not necessary to kill whales for scientific research linked to hunt whales in Japan every year in the Antarctic, which is held in the name of scientific research.
"Antarctic blue whales narrowly escaped extinction during the whaling industry in the 1900s, where nearly 340,000 whales were killed," Burke said in a statement.
"This study confirms the commitment of Australia's non-lethal whale research."
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