Migrating Blue Whales Rely on Memory More Than Environmental Cues to Find Prey
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[dropcap]N[/dropcap]EWPORT, Ore. – Blue whales reach their massive size by relying on their exceptional memories to find historically productive feeding sites rather than responding in real time to emerging prey patches, a new study concludes. Researchers examining records of both whale migration and oceanic conditions in the California Current Ecosystem found that blue whales almost perfectly […]