University of Queensland dugong conservation research

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Uploaded by on Feb 4, 2010

University of Queensland, Sea World and Sydney Aquarium researchers are working together on a world-first project to monitor dugongs in the wild. Each year the team embarks on field work in Brisbane's Moreton Bay to catch the

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  • wow.. i really never seen dugong in my whole life.. :)

  • artificial reproduction might help conserve Dugongs. Keep on researching guys!

  • waw

  • This is a great educational video and apart from being such a beautiful creature, I used the subject of dugongs and your video as a starting point for a class of children to write a song.

    Keep up the wonderful research and work.

    John Bennetts music media tribe

  • Vital research, I'm sure, but are they comfortable on board ship? I'd have thought they need the support of water. Can you tell us more about how you relieve them of the physical stress on, for instance, the thoracic cavity and lungs, please?

    Are they also satellite tagged for tracking?

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