Baleen whales are among the biggest creatures on Earth—science is revealing new secrets about their size
People often think of all whales as giants of the sea when in fact they vary in size dramatically, from the 30-meter blue ...
California loves Dungeness crab. But concerns over whale safety have put the industry in peril
California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...
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How do blue whales get so big?
The ocean is home to the largest animals of all-time, the great whales, yet these oceanic ... past the baleen to filter out the prey inside the mouth. It is thought that this extreme lunge feeding ...
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What do blue whales eat?
The blue whale is a filter-feeder. Its throat has an expandable, pleated structure to engulf a volume of water and prey that is greater than the animal's own body weight. The water it takes in at the ...
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Huge 36ft ‘Blue Whale’ stealth submarine drones to patrol Baltic Sea for Nato to stop Putin & China cutting key cables
A GIANT 36ft stealth submarine drone dubbed the "Blue Whale" has been deployed in the Baltic Sea to prevent any looming sabotage attacks. Suspicions have been raised over potential deep sea ...
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Germany deploys ‘Blue Whale’ underwater drone to combat Russia in the Baltic Sea
Complex design of the Blue Whale includes a ‘Synthetic Aperture Sonar’ to capture high-resolution images of the seafloor and detect mines According to Elta, the five-tonne Blue Whale can motor ...