Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

Videos from deployments of animal-borne cameras on whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia in 2024 Datsheet of observations of whale shark sex for each whale shark encounterered between 2010-2024

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Field Value
Title Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d71f313f-a654-4f0e-b99a-580e8d8be0ca
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/love-bites-pre-copulatory-behaviours-of-whale-sharks-rhincodon-typus-at-ningaloo-reef-western-a