Scaling of maneuvering performance in baleen whales: larger whales outperform expectations

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Segre, Paolo S., Gough, William T., Roualdes, Edward A., Cade, David E., Czapanskiy, Max F., Fahlbusch, James, Kahane-Rapport, Shirel R., Oestreich, William K., Bejder, Lars, Bierlich, K.C., Burrows, Julia A., Calambokidis, John, Chenoweth, Ellen M., Clemente, Jacopo di, Durban, John W., Fearnbach, Holly, Fish, Frank E., Friedlaender, Ari S., Hegelund, Peter, Johnston, David W., Nowacek, Douglas P., Oudejans, Machiel G., Penry, Gwenith S., Potvin, Jean, Simon, Malene, Stanworth, Andrew, Straley, Janice M., Szabo, Andrew, Videsen, Simone K. A., Visser, Fleur, Weir, Caroline R., Wiley, David N., Goldbogen, Jeremy A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Experimental Biology 2022
• Subjects: Maneuverability; Agility; Scaling; Cetacean; Swimming; Riley; Sanna; Stacy; Tomlinson; baleen whale; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12714

Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they have developed several unique locomotor strategies that require high energetic input, high mechanical power output and a surprising degree of agility. To better und...