Re: God's Beautiful Creatures
Here's an interesting article and some captivating video of whale behavior:
Here's an interesting article and some captivating video of whale behavior:
Hungry whales steal birds' dinner
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News
Humpback whales have come up with a novel way for getting an easy snack - stealing birds' dinners.
A BBC crew filmed seabirds carefully corralling unwieldy shoals of herring into tightly packed "bait balls" from which the fish are easy to pluck.
But they discovered that passing whales would wait for the birds to complete their hard graft before devouring the ball of fish in a single gulp.
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News
Humpback whales have come up with a novel way for getting an easy snack - stealing birds' dinners.
A BBC crew filmed seabirds carefully corralling unwieldy shoals of herring into tightly packed "bait balls" from which the fish are easy to pluck.
But they discovered that passing whales would wait for the birds to complete their hard graft before devouring the ball of fish in a single gulp.





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