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Australia's Favorite White Humpback Makes A Rare Appearance.

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Article Comprehension:

What is so special about Migaloo? The reason why Migaloo is the worlds first documented hump back whale. He was also spotted with 5 other whales as they made there way from Antarctica to Queensland in Western Australia. Migaloo is a 55 ton all white humpback whale. The people of Australia have also given Migaloo him his name which is aboriginal.

Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia: Migaloo was first spotted in Australia Byron Bay in 1991, Migaloo became the local darling and he was the towns 'special interest whale' which means that boats, jet skies etc have to be at least 500 meters if people do not follow that rule then they can get charged a 12,500 fine. Also over the past years Migaloo fans have made him Facebook pages, twitter account they have done this in Migaloo's honour.

Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? People seem to refer to Migaloo with that name because experts believe that Migaloo's colour is called by a genetic skin condition called albinism. So thats why Migaloo is called 'hypo pigmented.


Is he the only one? He could be because in this article they have only stated that Migaloo's the only one with this condition. But also in this article it did state that they have seen another Hump back whale in September 2011.