King George Sound (Western Australia) drowned in fishing nets or stranded. The common dolphin "Delphinus delphis" and the bottlenose dolphin "Tursiops truncates" have both been recorded in the area. Southern right whales and humpback whales frequent the area between July and October when they congregate to mate and calve in the protected waters of the sound. Other whales that have been spotted in the area include minke whales, blue whales, short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales and killer whales. Sperm whales were known to visit the sound during the whaling era but none have been sighted recently, although a pod was detected further out in
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