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The Montrose River Derwent sunfish stranding

Update 1 of 1LatestNov 6, 2:29 AM UTCDay 2
A giant sunfish was pushed into deeper water. Then it came back.
A resident pushed the giant fish toward deeper water, only to find it back in the shallows. A biologist feared it would die, but its fate remains unconfirmed.
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Earliest sourceABC TasmaniaAug 7, 8:13 PM UTC
What we knew first
- Chris Reed pushed a huge sunfish away from the shallows at Montrose Bay, trying to give an ocean-going animal a way back into deeper water. When he returned at about 3 p.m., it was back where he had hoped it would not be: in shallow water again. Moving the fish had not been enough to keep it there.

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Who's involved

Who's involved

People

Neville S. Barrettreef ecologist

Organizations

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studiesteaching and research institute of the University of Tasmania
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