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Bubble-net feeding

Bubble-net feeding is a specialized feeding behavior primarily seen in humpback whales, in which groups of whales use exhaled air to create a "net" of bubbles that corrals schools of small fish or krill before a coordinated surface lunge. It is one of the few surface feeding behaviors that humpback whales are known to engage in, and is understood as…

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Method

Cooperative Foraging Exhale Blowhole Vocalizations

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Ecotourism

Ecotourism Whale watching Marine mammal

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Diet

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Overview

Humpback whales Krill Surface feeding behaviors Learned Instinctual behavior

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Humpback whales Humpback whale
Krill
Surface feeding behaviors Cetacean surfacing behaviour
Learned Learning
Instinctual behavior Instinct
Bryde's whales Bryde's whale
Lunge feeding
Seasonal Season
Migration Animal migration
Breeding Breeding season

Method

Cooperative Cooperation
Foraging
Exhale Exhalation
Blowhole Blowhole (anatomy)
Vocalizations Whale vocalization
Buccal cavities Buccal Cavity
Baleen
Acoustic wave guide Acoustic waveguide
Lunge feeding Aquatic feeding mechanisms

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Ecotourism

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Bubble-net feeding

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Bubble-net feeding

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Bubble-net feeding → Bubble-net, Other, The

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Bubble-net feeding → seasonal behavior, specialized feeding behavior primarily seen in humpback whales

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whales feeding humpback behavior fish feed surface net bubble-net water bubble bubbles one groups lunge whale waters humpbacks also krill

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Bubble-net feeding	is a	specialized feeding behavior primarily seen in humpback whales	0.90	text
Bubble-net feeding	is a	seasonal behavior	0.90	text
salmon	instance of	MethodBubble-net feeding is a cooperative foraging method in which groups of humpback whales work together to concentrate and capture schools of small prey	0.80	text
krill	instance of	MethodBubble-net feeding is a cooperative foraging method in which groups of humpback whales work together to concentrate and capture schools of small prey	0.80	text
or herring	instance of	MethodBubble-net feeding is a cooperative foraging method in which groups of humpback whales work together to concentrate and capture schools of small prey	0.80	text
krill	instance of	They are carnivores and primarily feed on small fish	0.80	text
juvenile salmon	instance of	They are carnivores and primarily feed on small fish	0.80	text
and herring	instance of	They are carnivores and primarily feed on small fish	0.80	text
Hawaii or Mexico because there is no adequate habitat for the fish that they consume	instance of	They are not able to feed in warmer waters	0.80	text
Antarctica	instance of	Areas	0.80	text
the North Pacific are host to diverse marine ecosystems that provide adequate feeding opportunities for humpback whales	instance of	Areas	0.80	text
Mexico	instance of	Areas with warmer waters	0.80	text

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