Each year humpback whales migrate north from the Antarctic to the warmer climate off Australia's coastline to mate and give birth.-AFP
Sydney (AFP) - A man was knocked unconscious and three others suffered facial fractures and broken ribs after a whale slammed into a charter fishing boat off Australia's north coast, the skipper said Monday.
The 30-foot (9-metre) vessel was returning to port in the Whitsundays off the Queensland state coast with eight passengers on board when a humpback whale rammed it from below, sending it airborne.
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