Their destination is in Alaska's south, where the whale mother will hunt herrings with the other humpback whales. Together they create so-called air nets and surround the herrings: This is...

2024年11月26日 · Humpback whales feed on shrimp-like crustaceans (krill) and small fish, straining huge volumes of ocean water through their baleen plates, which act like a sieve. The …

A study published in 2021 found that off the U.S. West Coast humpback whales eat 5 to 10 tons of krill or 2 to3 tons of fish each day, compared 10-20 tons of krill daily for blue whales and 6 …

Here, we report multiple evidences of “Stock G” hump-back whales feeding in coastal waters, at low latitudes of the Southeast Paci*c Ocean. Lunge feeding behavior and defecation were …

Feeding. Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere feed primarily on krill, small shrimp-like crustaceans that are highly abundant in the waters around Antarctica 10. Populations in the …

Humpback whales usually feed beneath the surface of the water, finding groups of prey and gulping them down. However, some dynamic feeding behaviors may be observed at the …

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) undertake long-distance seasonal migrations between high-latitude regions, where they feed during summer and part of autumn, and low …

2024年6月1日 · Research focusing on humpback whales in feeding areas underscores preferences for upwelling, elevated chlorophyll-a concentrations, and frontal areas marked by …

2020年6月3日 · This study reports the first authenticated cases of humpback whales performing lunge and trap feeding behavior in northern Chile, and presents evidence of lunge feeding and …

2018年6月1日 · Research on the distribution, habitat use and recovery of Oceania’s humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) has been constrained by the inaccessibility to their Antarctic …