A ‘recently discovered’ whale feeding strategy has turned up in 2,000-year-old texts about fearsome sea monsters

  • Written by: John McCarthy, ARC DECRA Fellow, Flinders University
A ‘recently discovered’ whale feeding strategy has turned up in 2,000-year-old texts about fearsome sea monstersA Bryde's whale.worldclassphoto/Shutterstock

In 2011, researchers observed a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales, now called tread-water feeding or trap-feeding. It was thought to be a new technique developed by specific whale communities.

Trap-feeding is one of several whale feeding strategies first recorded in recent decades, including l...

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