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Some whales sing low enough to be ‘acoustically invisible’ to predators, research suggests
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
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Whale poop is a natural fertilizer that keeps the ocean alive
The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.
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Whales have developed an impressive strategy to evade predators
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
The Mysterious Case Of Killer Whale Predation On White Sharks In Australia
Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...
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Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
Blue whales and other baleen whales ... As whales were decimated, some thought the krill would proliferate in predator-free waters. But that's not what happened. Krill populations dropped ...