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Growing whale-watching excursions near Rio de Janeiro’s coast captivate tourists

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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DIARLEI RODRIGUES
Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro is famous for its beaches and vibrant parties in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. The city now has a growing attraction for winter: humpback whales. The tourism agency of Rio sister city Niteroi across the Guanabara Bay on Thursday launched the metropolitan area’s first whale-watching program that enables tourists to closely observe the mammoth mammals. Humpback whales migrate to Brazilian waters to breed between June and November. About 25,000 humpback whales make a 2,500-mile or 4,000-kilometer journey from feeding areas in Antarctica to northeast Brazil. The whale-watching program is a joint initiative by the municipality of Niteroi and researchers from conservation initiative Amigos da Jubarte  or Humpback Whale’s Friends.

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