Can a whale swallow a human? Here’s why you need not worry
There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...
'I thought it had eaten me': How a man was swallowed by a whale and then spat out alive
A video capturing a humpback whale briefly swallowing a 24-year-old kayaker has now gone viral on social media. Adrian ...
‘Slimy, wet and rough’: What it’s like inside a whale’s mouth
A prominent whale expert explains why the kayaker who wound up inside the mouth of a humpback whale was in no danger of being ...
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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...