Sentences with phrase «bottom feeding behavior»

While this humpback bottom feeding behavior occurs at relatively slow speeds, it does involve the expansion of ventral pleats, which was once thought to require high speeds, as in lunging.

Rather than a single bottom feeding behavior, the whales show three distinct feeding approaches: simple side - rolls, side - roll inversions, and repetitive scooping.

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«Bottom - feeding behavior of humpback whales confirmed.»

The study further states that the observed feeding behavior also leads to vulnerability to entanglement in bottom set fishing gear, an issue which is a major mortality factor for the species.