Recently 'Discovered' Whale Behavior Was Actually Documented Thousands of Years Ago

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An unusual whale feeding technique only recorded for the first time in 2011 may have been around for at least two thousand years, according to researchers from Flinders University in Australia.

) in the Gulf of Thailand. But there's a chance it was once used more widely by whale cultures in the past.

frameborder="0″ allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen> When McCarthy and his colleagues asked marine biologists for their opinion on the matter, what started as a hazy notion began to take shape as a fully-fledged hypothesis.

Today, it is cataloged in only two whale species on opposite sides of the world. But there's a chance it was more common in the past. Whereas in the Norwegian manuscript cited earlier, the whale is said to expel its own bile as bait to draw the fishies in.

 

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