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Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca) Feeding On Schooling Herring (Clupea Harengus) Using Underwater Tail-Slaps: Kinematic Analyses of Field Observations
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2000) 203 (2): 283–294.
Published: 15 January 2000
... and feeding, killer whales swam around and under a school of herring, periodically lunging at it and stunning the herring by slapping them with the underside of their flukes while completely submerged. The kinematics of tail-slapping were analysed in detail. Tail-slaps were made up of a biphasic behaviour...
