Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Feeding Mechanisms/ Curr. Biol., Sep. 22, 2016 (Vol. 26, Issue 19)

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David Cade and colleagues used newly designed suction cup attached tags with video and 3D kinematic sensors to examine the feeding behavior of blue whales and humpback whales.  While krill-feeding blue whales and humpback whales consistently matched engulfment with deceleration, humpback whales feeding on fish demonstrated more varied engulfment timing in pursuit of more agile prey.

Check out the paper at http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30788-6.

D.E. Cade, A.S. Friedlaender, J. Calambokidis, J.A. Goldbogen (2016). Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Whale Feeding Mechanisms. Curr. Biol. 26.

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