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Bubble-Net Feeding Among the Humpback Whales in the Great Bear Rainforest

Published on December 8, 2017December 11, 2017 by Rick Searle

Recently, I was asked about the story behind the photo in my website’s banner. These are humpback whales and what they’re doing is really cool. It’s called “cooperative bubble-net feeding.” Here’s how it happens, as I understand it. A small group of humpbacks come together and they begin cruising along shorelines to locate schools of […]

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