Figure 4. A in Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia

Figure 4. A humpback mother lifts her calf out of the water on her back shortly before it was killed by attacking killer whales (#9). The killer whale on the far left is carrying the carcass of another humpback calf taken several minutes earlier (#8). Photo: S. Wenngren. Published as part of Pitman,...

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Main Authors: Pitman, Robert L., Totterdell, John A., Fearnbach, Holly, Ballance, Lisa T., Durban, John W., Kemps, Hans
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Humpback Whale
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761492
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Summary:Figure 4. A humpback mother lifts her calf out of the water on her back shortly before it was killed by attacking killer whales (#9). The killer whale on the far left is carrying the carcass of another humpback calf taken several minutes earlier (#8). Photo: S. Wenngren. Published as part of Pitman, Robert L., Totterdell, John A., Fearnbach, Holly, Ballance, Lisa T., Durban, John W. & Kemps, Hans, 2015, Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia, pp. 629-657 in Marine Mammal Science 31 (2) on page 642, DOI:10.1111/mms.12182, http://zenodo.org/record/12761484

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