Humpback whales have a distinctive hunting method of bubble netting (or lung netting). Baleen and humpback whales usually feed at higher elevations and for the same reason they are mostly found in the Southern Ocean. These animals also guzzle large quantity of sea water which is expelled through...
Sperm whales are called such because of the waxy substance found in their heads called spermaceti. During the boom of the whaling industry in the 19th century, whalers thought that the waxy and oily, white liquid found in the sperm whale's head cavity was a stash of sperm. This has been...
This study used remotely biopsied blubber and skin tissues from southern hemisphere humpback whales for strategic comparison of 未13C and 未15N values. Samples were collected 2008-2018 as part of long-term monitoring under the Humpback Whale Sentinel Program. Blubber tissues were lipid-extracted ...
Gray whales catch their prey from sea floor. The whale dives down and rolls to the right side and eat take in a mouthful of soft sediment and water. The gray whale’s tongue is the size of a compact car which it uses to push the muddy mouthful forward against its baleen. They consume...
Sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales, easily recognized by its enormous square head and narrow lower jaw. It is dark blue-gray or brownish, with white patches on the belly. It is thickset and has small paddlelike flippers and a series of rounde
Lisodelphis borealis(Northern right whale dolphin) Lssodelphis peronii(Southern right whale dolphin) Genus: Sotalia Sotalia fluviatilis(Tucuxi) Sotalia guianensis(Guiana dolphin) Genus: Sousa Sousa chinensis(Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin) Subspecies: ...
When a whale surfaces to renew its air supply, it needs only to push the top of its snout out of the water.This is because the nostril or blowhole is at the top of the heaD.The expelled air is forced out strongly to form. the spout or blow.Living whales are divided into two ...
The Cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) is an ectoparasitic, mesopelagic shark that is known for removing plugs of tissue from larger prey, including teleosts, chondrichthyans, cephalopods, and marine mammals. Although this species is widely distr
Fleming, A. H., C. T. Clark, J. Calambokidis & J. Barlow, 2016. Humpback whale diets respond to variance in ocean climate and ecosystem conditions in the California Current. Global Change Biology 22: 1214–1224.https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13171. ...
This method of feeding is known as oophagy. The gestation period takes longer than what we are used to. It is estimated that the Whale Shark pregnancy cycle is about 12 to 18 months. The size of the litter can vary for great white sharks, but the common range is about two to ten ...