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Jul. 01, 2011
Video Pick: Blowing Bubble Nets
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| Humpbacks are the only whales known to blow bubble nets -- a circle of bubbles that traps schools of fish for easy capture. Although this hunting technique has been documented in humpbacks for decades, just how whales make the nets wasn't well-understood until now, says David Wiley, a biologist with NOAA. Wiley and colleagues attached digital tags to Humpbacks' backs to find out what they do underwater when they're bubble-netting. |
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
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