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A New Species Of Whale Was Recently Identified, But Now There's A Race Against Time To Save Them From Disappearing For Good
In 2021, researchers identified a new species of whale. Now, they are racing against time to save their natural habitat […] ...
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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Only 50 Rice's Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It's Too Late?
Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself.
Can a whale swallow a human? Here’s why you need not worry
There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...
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Some whales sing low enough to be ‘acoustically invisible’ to predators, research suggests
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
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Some Baleen Whales Sing at Low Frequency to Avoid Killer Whale Attacks
Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they ...
'I thought it had eaten me': How a man was swallowed by a whale and then spat out alive
A video capturing a humpback whale briefly swallowing a 24-year-old kayaker has now gone viral on social media. Adrian ...
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I Was Swallowed by a Humpback Whale and Spit Back Out
Watch this clip of a kayaker getting swallowed by a humpback and spat out and then read about how it could happen.
Did a whale swallow a kayaker? The truth behind the viral video
A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.
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Whales have developed an impressive strategy to evade predators
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...