Sperm whale behaviour indicates the use of echolocation click buzzes "creaks" in prey capture.

During foraging dives, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) produce long series of regular clicks at 0.5-2 s intervals interspersed with rapid-click buzzes called "creaks". Sound, depth and orientation recording Dtags were attached to 23 whales in the Ligurian Sea and Gulf of Mexico to te...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Main Authors: Miller, Patrick J. O., Johnson, Mark P., Tyack, Peter L.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Research Article
Creak
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691849
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15539349
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2863

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