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Brazil humpback population on the rebound
Last year, nearly 11,500 humpback whales were counted off the coast of Brazil -- a new record, the Baleia Jubarte Institute cheered Sunday in a report.
That's 2,200 more whales than were counted four years ago in the same stretch of water, between Rio de Janeiro and the northeastern Sergipe state, the institute said.
And a decade ago, when scientists made their very first count in these waters, they were only able to spot 3,400 of the aquatic giants.