September 17, 2026 — 12:01am

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The sea was calm and the sky half-strewn with clouds on a winter’s morning at Palm Beach Reef, off the Gold Coast, when Andrew Mulville arrived by boat to check on two whales milling in the shallow water.

Members of the public had become worried that one of the humpbacks was injured or entangled, and reported their concerns to Sea World. Mulville, a whale rescue boat captain with the organisation, happened to be fishing nearby.

The whales weren’t hurt, he found, but were behaving strangely. An amniotic sack…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU