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
Creature animation earlier, in 1989, the pioneering digital animation studio Industrial Light & Magic created a water creature for the James Cameron film "The Abyss". Again, not knowing how a water creature might move, considerable effort was required by the animators to imagine how such a creature might perform and behave. Creature animation Creature animation is a specialised part of the animation process which involves bringing realistic animals and creatures to life. It is often distinguished from character animation, which involves breathing life into animated characters and creating the illusion of thought, feeling and emotion. Creature animators create highly realistic motion in