Divers in California have captured a rare video of a killer whale “slurping” the liver out of a live shark. The gruesome footage shows an orca tearing into the stomach of a 30-foot (9...
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Watch Dozens of Sharks Feasting on The Carcass of a Dead Whale : ScienceAlert
Tiger sharks are usually solitary creatures, but nothing brings the scavengers together like the delicious scent of a dead whale. These big blubber buffets can draw dozens of sharks all at once, yet such...
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A Dead Whale at The Bottom of The Ocean Is Now a Thriving Home of Life : ScienceAlert
As life comes to an end, so too does life go on. This is true even in the benthic depths, where the bounty of a fallen whale carcass created and continues to support a...
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Watch as a Gray Whale Seeks Out an Unlikely Source of Help For Its Lice Problem : ScienceAlert
A remarkable video shows the moment a gray whale sought help from a whale-watching captain in Mexico to have parasites picked off its head. The footage, posted to Facebook in March, was taken by...
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Scientists Capture Incredibly Rare Footage of a Humpback Whale Nursing Underwater : ScienceAlert
A trail of milk disperses in the depths of the Pacific off Colombia’s coast as a whale calf breaks away after nursing on its mother in rare footage scientists hope will contribute to humpback...
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Mysterious ‘Spy’ Whale Surfaces Off The Coast of Sweden : ScienceAlert
A harness-wearing Beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has appeared off Sweden’s coast, an organization following him said Monday. First...
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A Huge Fin Whale With Severe Scoliosis Was Filmed Swimming Off Spanish Coast : ScienceAlert
A massive 40-ton fin whale swimming off the coast of Valencia in Spain has been filmed with a severe bend in its 17-meter-long body (56 feet) in what appears to be a pronounced case...
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A Rise in Online Shopping Partially to Blame For Recent Spike in Whale Deaths : ScienceAlert
Our addiction to online shopping is contributing to the recent spike in whale deaths, The New York Times reports. Since early December, 23 whales have washed up dead along the East Coast, according to...
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Recently ‘Discovered’ Whale Behavior Was Actually Documented Thousands of Years Ago : ScienceAlert
An unusual whale feeding technique only recorded for the first time in 2011 may have been around for at least two thousand years, according to researchers from Flinders University in Australia. Though whales have...
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Scientists Aren’t Sure if This Orca Adopted or Abducted a Baby Pilot Whale : ScienceAlert
A female orca appeared to have adopted or abducted a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind, scientists say. The orca, known as “Sædís,” was first observed swimming with the...
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