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Články z ScienceDailyHumpback Whales Recorded Clicking And Buzzing While Feeding For First Time

2. 9 2007 (14:00)

For the first time, researchers have recorded "megapclicks" -- a series of clicks and buzzes from humpback whales apparently associated with nighttime feeding behaviors -- in and around NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. This acoustically active species has been known to produce complex "songs" on their breeding grounds, but knowledge of sound production on northern feeding grounds has been limited.