Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
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Pack-Ice Killer Whale Sounds — on Film
Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures ... Typically, kilowatts are quiet when they're searching for prey because sound travels incredibly well in water. And so they could alert ...
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Some Baleen Whales Sing at Low Frequency to Avoid Killer Whale Attacks
Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.
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Blue Whales, One Of The Loudest Things On Earth, Are “Acoustically Invisible” To Killer Whales
Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...
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Whales have developed an impressive strategy to evade predators
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
Killer whales murder great white sharks for their livers
According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...