Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia

Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales inter...

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Main Authors: Wellard, Rebecca, Lightbody, Keith, Fouda, Leila, Blewitt, Michelle, Riggs, David, Erbe, Christine
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Killer Whale
Orca
Orcinus orca
Killer whale
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140045/
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166670
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5140045 2023-05-15T17:03:29+02:00 Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia Wellard, Rebecca Lightbody, Keith Fouda, Leila Blewitt, Michelle Riggs, David Erbe, Christine 2016-12-06 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140045/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923044 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166670 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140045/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166670 © 2016 Wellard et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2016 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166670 2016-12-25T01:02:13Z Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales interacting with, hunting and preying upon beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) on four separate occasions during 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Bremer Sub-Basin, off the south coast of Western Australia. Text Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Killer whale PubMed Central (PMC) PLOS ONE 11 12 e0166670
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
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description Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales interacting with, hunting and preying upon beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) on four separate occasions during 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Bremer Sub-Basin, off the south coast of Western Australia.
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Lightbody, Keith
Fouda, Leila
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Riggs, David
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title Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
title_short Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
title_full Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
title_fullStr Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
title_sort killer whale (orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (mesoplodon spp.) in the bremer sub-basin, western australia
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