Colin the whale was a girl: Colin mother found

WILDLIFE experts will conduct DNA tests on a whale they believe may have been Colin’s mother, hours after the lost whale calf was euthanased.

The development came as National Parks and Wildlife head Sally Barnes revealed Colin was actually Collette - a female humpback whale calf. 

It is believed a whale carcass being eaten by sharks near Eden on the NSW  South Coast may have been her mother, explaining why Collette turned up alone and hungry in Pittwater on Sunday.

Poor weather has so far delayed attempts to examine the carcass.

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Tagged as: Animals, DNA tests, Euthanasia, Humpback Whales, Marine Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife, Sally Barnes, Whales

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