Sentences with word «dugong»

There are lots of saltwater crocodiles and the area provides an important conservation habitat for dugongs, nesting turtles and migratory birds.

If you're lucky, you may spot dolphins and even dugongs in the bay from where the boat leaves.

Unusual mammals that can be seen include dugongs, which feed on the sea grass beds in the south of the park, and sperm whales, which travel through the area on their way to calve in the Sangihe Archipelago.

Sediment, which can travel long distances, will kill seagrass, exacerbating the decline in dugong populations that feed on it.

You can join a wildlife eco cruise to see a range of birds, and you might also be lucky enough to see dugongs and turtles.

Along with coral reefs, mangrove forests and salt - marshes, they play an important role in nutrient cycling, while also providing a refuge for crustaceans, juvenile fish and endangered species such as dugongs, manatees and sea turtles.

See surfing dolphins, grazing dugong, loggerhead turtles, colourful reef fish and corals, and even the rare grey nurse shark.

Moreton Bay Marine Park is the only place in the world where significant populations of dugongs and turtles can still be found close to a major metropolitan centre.

The warm waters surrounding the island attract dugong, dolphins and turtles and, between August and October each year, humpback whales.

Dugongs eat a ton of lettuce!

This eco-paradise is home to flocks of flamingos, tropical fish and the very rare dugong.

The largest island, Koh Libong, has a population of endangered dugongs.

Although the tour focus is on whale sharks, an amazing variety of reef life such as manta rays, turtles, dolphins, whales and even dugongs may be sighted during the cruise.

Look at dugongs, manta rays and marine turtles from either the beach or aboard the Shotover Catamaran as you cruise the bay.

The island is surrounded by sandy beaches (including some turtle nesting areas), fringing reefs, mangrove communities that are important as fish nursery areas and seagrass beds which support a significant dugong population.

With an estimated 25 % of the world's tropical fish species being found here along with dugongs, dolphins, 3 species of turtle, minke and sperm whales, Koh Lipe is as mesmerising underwater as it is on land.

The critically endangered hawksbill turtle, with its almond eyes, black spots and hooked beak, rests on the reefs feeding on these sponges while the vulnerable dugong, a flabby mammal with a wide snout and dolphin-esque tail, circles lagoons, feeding on the reef's seagrasses.

Toyota is better lor, here we got dugong vios which is sold like hot cakes.

It's not unusual to see dolphins frolicking, dugong feeding on the seabed or the odd migrating Humpback.

Green canopies, mangrove lagoons and long curving beaches provide refuge for native birds, dolphins, gentle dugongs and migrating whales.

From there, if you are patient enough, you will spot pods of dolphins, turtles, and maybe dugongs, sharks, or whales depending on the season!

This week our instructor Markus spotted a family of 3 dugongs while diving on the east side of Bunaken island.

Marsa Alam has several dugong in the area and the bayshere are home to excellent corals, large turtles and Guitar rays and the islands are a highlight of the area.

See nature up close with dolphins swimming, whale watching (in season), visiting crocodiles, fish feeding, turtles and much more, even the occasional dugong in the distance.

On these whale shark tours you can snorkel with whale sharks, interact with manta rays, encounter dugongs, turtles, humpback whales, dolphins, amazing colourful tropical fish and coral in the Ningaloo Reef.

The Aussie Sea Kayak Company offers kayaking tours through the tropical Whitsundays, Sunshine Coast and North Stradbroke, Moreton and Fraser Island regions where brilliant island coral reefs, amazing Humpback whales, loggerhead and green turtles, dolphins and the mysterious dugong may be sighted either from the kayak or while snorkelling.

Sea grass meadows around the islands are also said to have the elusive and almost extinct dugongs.

Look for saltwater crocodiles and dugongs during a mangrove tour.

Papua Paradise Eco Resort runs day trips to the Fam Islands, The Passage and don't forget you can also spend time on the resort's house reef where Dugongs sometimes visit.

The island sits on the second biggest coral reef in the world (after Australia's Great Barrier) and is home of the famous Blue Hole and many interesting sea creatures such as sharks, stingrays and the bizarre dugongs.

Today you can find dugongs grazing along seaweed patches off Dugong Beach on Whitsunday Island, near Claireview in Mackay and further south in the protected waters of Pumicestone Passage in the Bribie Island Recreation Area.

The Great Barrier Reef is home to one of the world's largest dugong populations.

Manta rays, turtles, reef sharks and shy dugong can be spotted year - round.

You could climb to the top of the island's peaks, snorkel with thousands of fish, devour a good book... or if you're really lucky, spot an elusive dugong.

A thousand square kilometres of seagrass died off decimating dugongs, turtles and fisheries.

Watch for Dugongs, Dolphins, Turtles and Black Swans in the Moreton Bay Marine Park.

Rare, vulnerable or endangered species include dugongs, turtles, Illidge's ant - blue butterflies and eastern curlews.

The Sydney Aquarium is home to a variety of creatures you'd be hard - pressed to find elsewhere, such as dugongs and platypuses.

Fraser Island is home to thousands of species of birds and its warm waters attract dugong, dolphins and turtles.

The very rare dugong has been spotted several times too.

At Monkey Mia you can also join a wildlife cruise to see dugongs and turtles.

Lucky visitors might catch a glimpse of an endangered dugong, but all will depart with a sense of experiencing something completely different.

Within the months of mid July till late November you will see the giants of the sea pass by on the western side of the island the humpback whales, will come out to play along with the range of dugong that love these clear waters.

A significant dugong population is supported by Magnetic Island's seagrass beds.

The Queensland Government acted decisively and for the first time turtles and dugongs were afforded protection under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act — a move praised by Indigenous communities in North Queensland.

WCS has been working in the northwest of Madagascar for over 10 years to create marine protected areas to protect marine turtles and other important marine ecosystems and species including coral reefs, seagrasses, dugongs and sharks and rays.

The team created highly detailed data sets and visualizations relying on expertise from researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, after they tracked three highly iconic but threatened species: California condors, giant pandas, and dugongs, a large, marine animal somewhat similar to the manatee.

The reef has the world's largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish, 4,000 types of mollusk, and is home to threatened species, including the dugong and large green turtle, the World Heritage list says.