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Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-humpback-whale-capable-net.html

Râââh ! C'est quoi encore ce truc, là : #Baleen ?

Ça m'empêche de consulter un site institutionnel : vie-publique.fr
#DILA

Cc @nos_oignons

These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share

The iconic #baleen #whales, such as the blue, gray and #humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast #marine #environment where they live. However, ever since whale song were first discovered more than 50 years ago, it remained unknown how baleen whales produce their complex #vocalizations
#MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mb02212401.html

The iconic #baleen #whales, such as the blue, gray and #humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast #marine #environment where they live. However, ever since whale song were first discovered more than 50 years ago, it remained unknown how baleen whales produce their complex #vocalizations
#MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mb02212401.html

The iconic #baleen #whales, such as the blue, gray and #humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast #marine #environment where they live. However, ever since whale song were first discovered more than 50 years ago, it remained unknown how baleen whales produce their complex #vocalizations
#MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mb02212401.html

The iconic #baleen #whales, such as the blue, gray and #humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast #marine #environment where they live. However, ever since whale song were first discovered more than 50 years ago, it remained unknown how baleen whales produce their complex #vocalizations
#MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mb02212401.html

The iconic #baleen #whales, such as the blue, gray and #humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast #marine #environment where they live. However, ever since whale song were first discovered more than 50 years ago, it remained unknown how baleen whales produce their complex #vocalizations
#MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mb02212401.html

A 19-million-year-old #fossil #jaw #bone hints the biggest #whales first evolved somewhere unexpected
Scientists previously thought baleen whales kept to relatively small proportions until the ice ages (which began from about 3–2.5 million years ago). Roughly 19 million years old, this fossil is the tip of the lower #jaws (or "chin") of a #baleen #whale estimated to be around nine meters in length, which makes it the new record holder from its time.
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-million-year-old-fossil-jaw-bone-hints.html