The real damage was done between 1911 and 1933, when Japanese whalemen killed 1,449 after Japanese companies established
several whaling stations on Korean Peninsula and on Chinese coast such as near the Daya bay and on Hainan Island.
«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.