SYDNEY (AFP) - A humpback whale named "Stumpy" after he lost his tail as a baby in an apparent killer whale attack has been sighted again six years later on an epic journey along Australia's coast.
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Stumpy was spotted playing off eastern Queensland's Sunshine Coast by whale watchers aboard a boat named for the late TV environmentalist and "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin, the national AAP news agency reported.

Allan Short, skipper of the Australia Zoo's boat "Steve's Whale One," said he last saw the tailless whale as a yearling in 2001 in the region's Hervey Bay, where Antarctic-based humpbacks travel in the breeding season.

Scratch marks on Stumpy's side suggest he was injured in an attack by a killer whale, Short said.

"When we first saw Stumpy in Hervey Bay in 2001 we thought for sure he wouldn't survive without his tail," he said.

"It's a 20,000-kilometre return journey when they migrate and that is an amazing feat for a whale without a tail."

Stumpy appeared healthy as he played alongside other whales on their annual migration to warmer tropical water to breed, he said.

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Awwww cool

Thanks for the sympathy post.

for Stumpy!

go stumpy!

shanti0608 said:

Well you would get a whole heap more posts if you either put "sex" or "slavery" in the title

mdiver said:

or cheating or anal.....

oh well!

I like animals more than ppl.
Go Stumpy!

shanti0608 said:

stop it, you are making me horny

mdiver said:

tart!

What an inspiring story

Ok I am so over this sprianed ankle I mean damn GET THE HELL OVER the pain Mach




I feel better

Mach said:

PurpleJedi said:

seriously I do

I was being a whiner < poor me pitty me

Mach said:

...but now we expect you to be able to swim across the Chesapeake Bay with just one ankle.

PurpleJedi said:

I can do that

just tie me to a tow boat

Mach said:

Awww...the stumper!