PERTH, AU - A rare albino whale calf exciting tourists off the coast of Augusta has been named Wilgi Manung, the local indigenous words for white whale. The 5m southern right whale was born two months ago in Flinders Bay.
PerthNow readers were invited on Saturday to name the rare baleen calf – thought to be one of only ten in the world.
Over 150 suggestions were submitted, ranging from Colin -- after the lost humpback whale that was euthanased in Sydney waters - to Moby, Whitey, Casper and Matthew – after Matthew Flinders.
Whale watching company Naturaliste Charters, which first spotted the calf and work to record biological information of all whales who visit the region, chose the calf’s name.
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