The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.
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By tapping into observations of Bryde’s whale shared on social media, we found evidence of feeding and “surfing” behaviours possibly never documented before.
Understanding how animals think, learn and interact with one another can inform the science of ecology, as predator and prey shape their world.
The gaping maws and great belch of the Norse ‘hafgufa’ may well have been a humpback whale simply engaging in trap-feeding.
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Associate Professor in Medieval Literature and Language, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University
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Whale Scientist and Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria