Dancing with the whales Share CLOSE Bryde's whales hunt in open water not far from the scientific research ship, attracting seabirds to join. [Photo/Xinhua] In waters off Weizhou Island, Beihai, in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a group of experts have become acquainted with the whales. They use small boats every day to track and record the traces of the Bryde's whale. Composed by scientists, videographers, fishermen and volunteers from Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Institute of Aquatic Sciences at Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beibu Gulf University, the Beibu Gulf marine mammal joint research group has been conducting research on the whales and taking the role of the guardians of these marine mammals since they were first discovered in waters off Weizhou Island in 2016.