#Throwback to when instagram.com/dylan.dehaas had this amazing encounter with a dugong at Ningaloo 😍 Although they're usually quite shy, this dugong was more than happy hanging around for more than 30 minutes! Did you know that Ningaloo isn't the only place along the Coral Coast Highway where you have the chance to see these elusive mammals? Shark Bay is home to one of the world's largest and most stable dugong populations. It's estimated that over 10,000 dugongs live in the waters there, thank

The Dugong, or “Sea Cow”, is a herbivorous marine mammal that is the last representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae. This social, seagrass feeding mammal can live for over 70 years in the wild. However, for anthropogenic reasons, their population is in decline and the Dugong is threatened by extinction. #WildlifeWednesday 🌏 | Science Channel