Around the carousel: The foraging of herring-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)

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Title
Around the carousel: The foraging of herring-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Source
ZOOL 567, Fall 2021
Creator
Angelina Hajji
Description
This video describes carousel foraging behaviour, providing an in-depth description of this behaviour and different specializations that have increased efficiency of hunting in herring-feeding killer whales (Orcinus orca). This work aims to break down this behaviour into stepwise phases, which provide us a lens into the world of the orca and allow us to better understand how we might protect them. The video provides an overview while the podcast goes into greater detail of this behaviour including the vocalizations.
Please see the youtube link for reference integration on video.
References
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Date
November 29th
Category
Feeding and Foraging
Item sets
Topic Dissemination Items