The Sea Dance of Papua Whales
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The whale shark is only one of the many wonders of the Cenderawasih Bay National Park. Together with the WWF Indonesia expedition, Tempo journalist Arif Zulkifli explored the park located in the bird’s head area of Papua.
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THE creature nearly the size of a minibus approached. Swaying at an ocean depth of about 5 meters, it approached a group of divers. The blue of the ocean caused its body to look somewhat blurred from a distance. As it came closer it became more and more visible. Its body was speckled in an uneven pattern. In pursuit of plankton and puri fish—the Papuan name for whitebait—it rose to the surface. Its triangular-shaped fin broke the surface of t
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