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Whales' Foraging Strategies Revealed by New Technology
January 9, 2013
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Despite the many logistical difficulties of studying large whales, multisensor tags attached to the animals with suction cups are revealing their varied foraging techniques in unprecedented detail. These can be related to the animals' anatomy and to the distribution and behavior of their prey.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences
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