Sentences with phrase «lunge at their prey»
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Humpback whales commonly feed on large prey shoals by accelerating to high speeds and «lunging» at their prey, engulfing a large volume of water and filtering out the prey through their filter feeders.
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«Our results illustrate the complex balance between whale attacks and fish escape responses, and how the lunge characteristics of the whales may be related to the escape abilities of targeted prey,» says Dr. Paolo Domenici, who spent several weeks at Hopkins Marine Station and helped lead the study.