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Hawaiian pilot whales eat a shocking amount of squid every single day
Hawaiʻi’s offshore waters host roughly 8,000 short-finned pilot whales. On an ecosystem scale, their collective appetite is ...
Short-finned pilot whales love eating squid, and boy do they stuff themselves with it, new research finds. Here’s some ...
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Study finds whales can eat more than 200 squid a day
Short-finned pilot whales consume between 82 and 202 of the marine molluscs each every day off the coast of Hawai’i. The post ...
For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi’s short-finned pilot whales, revealing what it takes to power their extreme, 800-meter (2,600-foot) dives for ...
New estimates suggest that individual Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales eat between 82 and 202 squid per day. For the entire ...
How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to ...
A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, including sperm whales, Risso’s dolphins, and common dolphins. The University ...
Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.
Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...
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