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18 August 2026
NT rangers make 'gobsmacking' find after pygmy blue whale beaches itself
A pygmy blue whale has died after becoming stranded off the coast of Groote Eylandt in what researchers believe is the first time the species has ever been sighted in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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