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Whale hearing tested off Qld coast to help protect the mammals from man-made noises

They are the hulking giants of the sea, able to send their songs thousands of kilometres under the waves, but researchers still have little idea of how much whales can hear — and they are determined to find out.

Scientists from the University of Queensland have spent the past two whale migration seasons armed with a long pole, which they use to stick a small sucker-covered box to the side of humpbacks as they pass the coastline south of Noosa.

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