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| | Shark Bay : Introduction |
 | | On the tip of the Peron Peninsula, which juts into the Shark Bay Marine Park, is Francois Peron National Park. |
 | | The park is home to many endangered species, white beaches composed entirely of shells, and "living fossils" -- rocklike structures on the shore (called stromatolites) that are Earth's first life. |
 | | Apart from these delightful sea mammals, Shark Bay's waters heave with fish, turtles, the world's biggest population of dugongs (11,000 at last count), manta rays, sea snakes and, June through October, humpback whales. |
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