Wednesday, 16 December 2015

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Did you know? Beluga whale bubbles can be classified in 4 categories: blowhole drips, blowhole bursts, blowhole streams and mouth rings.
A newly-released study by Canisius College Professor of Animal Behavior Michael Noonan, PhD, is providing insight as to why beluga whales blow bubbles underwater and how their different shaped bubbles may be indicative of a beluga's mood. The eight-year study, conducted at Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario, examined more than 11,000 bubbling events recorded over nearly 5,000 minutes of observation.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-12-reveals-belugas-based-mood.html#jCp 

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Credit: Dafna Ben Nun

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2 comments:

  1. Eric Ramos17 December 2015 at 19:19

    Mouth rings appear to be a fancy method of spitting. ☺

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  2. Brendon LeCount26 December 2015 at 19:12

    I wonder if they distinguish between air bubbles and water bubbles.

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