Rolling humpback whales (IMAGE)

Griffith University

Rolling humpback whales

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Bottom contact behaviour documented with CATS camera. Screen shots showing an accompanying whale on its back during sand rolling (a1) and an accompanying whale moving its pectoral fin over the substrate from tag a (a2). Sand rolling performed by an accompanying whale during deployment of tag (b) and the tagged individual using its pectoral fin before rolling on its back from tag (c)

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Olaf Meynecke

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