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...
Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences |
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Language: | English |
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2004
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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 |