Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia

Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales inter...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Wellard, Rebecca, Lightbody, Keith, Fouda, Leila, Blewitt, Michelle, Riggs, David, Erbe, Christine
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140045/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923044
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166670
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