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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]
“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 ...
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 ...
Julie McSorely and Liz Cottriel were in a kayak together watching humpback whales during feeding season. In the video, you can see the whale engulfing both the women and the kayak in its mouth.
Humpback feeding on young pollock off Alaska. As well as other methods, rorquals obtain prey by lunge-feeding on bait balls. [10] Lunge feeding is an extreme feeding method, where the whale accelerates to a high velocity and then
Some whales lunge feed on bait balls. [9] Lunge feeding is an extreme feeding method in which the whale accelerates from below a bait ball to a high velocity and then opens its mouth to a large gape angle. This action generates the water pressure required to expand its mouth and engulf and filter a huge amount of water and fish.