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tblue37

(68,449 posts) Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:12 PM Jul 2022

Wow! ALL the whales at once:

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Wow! ALL the whales at once: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2022 OP

Personally, I'd be going the other way... rubbersole Jul 2022 #1

This a whale team effort to feed.... FarPoint Jul 2022 #2

Very interesting.... secondwind Jul 2022 #3

I read it was 500,000 calories per gulp! TexasBushwhacker Jul 2022 #5

Majestic and magnificent Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #4

I grew up fishing. plimsoll Jul 2022 #6

Herding the plankton. LudwigPastorius Jul 2022 #7

Looks like they're rehearsing some sort of PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #8

Whale Lake. tblue37 Jul 2022 #9

Better yet, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #10

rubbersole

(11,277 posts)

1. Personally, I'd be going the other way...

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Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:25 PM

Jul 2022

FarPoint

(14,943 posts)

2. This a whale team effort to feed....

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:29 PM

Jul 2022

This group circling concentrates fish into the center....... Amazing how the focus as a team actually...

First, hunting members of a pod form a large circle deep below fish and krill. The whales then blow a cylindrical wall of bubbles as they swim upwards in a spiral path. The bubbles confuse the fish and krill, concentrating them at the surface, and making an easy feast for the whales.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

3. Very interesting....

Reply to FarPoint (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:42 PM

Jul 2022

TexasBushwhacker

(21,289 posts)

5. I read it was 500,000 calories per gulp!

Reply to FarPoint (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:06 PM

Jul 2022

I love those ventral pleats that allow them to take a giant gulp! Nature is cool!

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)

4. Majestic and magnificent

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:04 PM

Jul 2022

plimsoll

(1,690 posts)

6. I grew up fishing.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:51 PM

Jul 2022

My aunt freaked out when they’d go under us in 42’ fishing boat. I think we’d have been headed for town over that.

LudwigPastorius

(15,011 posts)

7. Herding the plankton.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:57 PM

Jul 2022

Yippie Ki Yay!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

8. Looks like they're rehearsing some sort of

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 08:06 PM

Jul 2022

water ballet.

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

9. Whale Lake.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 08:07 PM

Jul 2022

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

10. Better yet,

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 08:32 PM

Jul 2022

this version:

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