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Watch worlds largest blue whale colony in Southern Sri Lanka – Mirissa

By on March 21, 2012
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Blue whales in other parts of the world migrate large distances, but the blue whales in Sri Lanka are confined to one particular place. No one knows why, said Asha de Vos, Sri Lankan Marine Biologist. It seems Ocean close to southern tip of Sri Lanka has given sanctuary to this largest animal in the world. This large population of blue wales was spotted off 20 km from the southern tip of the Sri Lanka.

You can watch Blue Wales if you take a boat from Mirissa beach (off Dondra point). This is the best place in the world to watch blue wales.




This video shows research story on the discovery of this large blue whale population by Asha de Vos.

Boat ride to watch whales at Mirissa Photo by Amila

Boat ride to watch whales at Mirissa Photo by Amila

Google Map showing Mirissa beach

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(Photo – cc flickr image by 65north)

Kavidu

About Kavidu

Kavidu is an Undergraduate at University of Colombo.

3 Comments

  1. Janine Marie

    March 24, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    Wow. Love to visit

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