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Bubble-net feeding is a feeding behavior engaged in by humpback whales [1] and Bryde's whales. [2] It is one of the few surface feeding behaviors that humpback whales are known to engage in. [ 3 ] This type of feeding can be done alone or in groups with as many as twenty whales participating at once. [ 4 ]
A humpback whale straining water through its baleen after lunging. Rorquals feed on plankton by a technique called lunge feeding. [24] Lunge feeding could be regarded as a kind of inverted suction feeding, during which a whale takes a huge gulp of water, which is then filtered through the baleen. [24]
Humpback whale breach sequence. A breach or a lunge is a leap out of the water, also known as cresting. The distinction between the two is fairly arbitrary: cetacean researcher Hal Whitehead defines a breach as any leap in which at least 40% of the animal's body clears the water, and a lunge as a leap with less than 40% clearance. [2]
The young whale was a popular humpback who put on shows for whale watchers ... and we also saw it lunge feeding — when it comes up right underneath that bait fish to swallow that whole,” St ...
“We were watching a humpback whale named ‘Zillion’ lunge feed through many bait balls in the area. On one particular lunge, afterwards we noticed the whale kept opening and closing its mouth ...
[24] [25] Some humpback whales also scare schooling fish by slapping their tails . [26] Although many whale species lunge feed, only humpbacks use bubble nets. [27] Killer whales usually hunt larger fish, such as salmon, individually or in small group of individuals. However, forage fish, such as herrings, are often caught using carousel feeding
Three humpback whales jumped out of the water in unison in Cape Cod in front of stunned onlookers on Monday, 24 July. Extraordinary footage captured by Robert Addie shows the huge creatures ...
Lunge feeding is more energy-intensive than skim-feeding due to the acceleration and deceleration required. [64]: 367–386 The skim-feeders are right whales, grey whales, pygmy right whales, and sei whales (which also lunge feed). To feed, skim-feeders swim with an open mouth, filling it with water and prey.