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Whale-cams reveal how much they really eat

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  • 05 November 2021

Whale-cams reveal how much they really eat

Baleen whales consume twice as much krill as previously estimated.
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Tagging whales with cameras and sensors has allowed researchers to calculate how much food these huge creatures are consuming. It’s the most accurate estimate yet and reveals an even more significant impact of whales on ocean ecosystems than was previously known.

Read the paper here.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03026-z

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