Keeping momentum with a mouthful of water:behavior and kinematics of humpback whale lunge feeding
Rorqual baleen whales lunge feed by engulfment of tons of prey-laden water in a large and expandable buccal pouch. According to prior interpretations, feeding rorquals are brought to a near-halt at the end of each lunge by drag forces primarily generated by the open mouth. Accelerating the body from...
| Published in: | Journal of Experimental Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/keeping-momentum-with-a-mouthful-of-water(36c0edbf-952d-4626-9ba5-d9d2d1f74a42).html https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.071092 |