Bubble use during prey capture by a lone bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Date
1997
Authors
Fertl D
Wilson B
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Abstract
There are only three cetacean species that have been previously documented to use bubbles to corral fish: humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), killer whale (Orcinus orca), and Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). We observed a lone bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) blowing bubbles while feeding on a school of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus). This account is the first to date of the use of bubbles by bottlenose dolphins for prey containment
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113-114
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air bubbles, ASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bay, Bottle-nosed dolphin, bubbles, feeding behavior, feeding behaviour, fish, marine mammals, Megaptera novaeangliae, mineral, Mugil cephalus, O 1050 Vertebrates,Urochordates and Cephalochordates, O 1070 Ecology/Community Studies, Q1 01371 General, Q1 01425 Nutrition and feeding habits, Tursiops truncatus, USA, Y 25497 Mammals (excluding primates)