Singing Whales Like A Big Audience
May 26, 2007 @ 11:03 AM (EST)
Source: Newscientist.com
Sing and attract females, or keep quiet and eat? It's a tricky dilemma for a male, to be sure, but one that humpback whales must wrestle with as they migrate to their summer feeding grounds. Males that sing swim more slowly than those that don't, possibly ending up with less time in the feeding grounds to fatten up for the next winter. On the other hand, singers may attract more mates...
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