Pilot Whale Study Reveals Copycat Calls to Outsmart Predators
Published:19 Jan.2021 Source:Curtin University
New Curtin University research has found southern Australian long-finned pilot whales are able to mimic the calls of its natural predator and food rival -- the killer whale, as a possible ploy to outsmart it.
The study is the first published research analysing the calls of long-finned pilot whales in the Southern Hemisphere, which were recorded in the Great Australian Bight, off WA and SA, between 2013 and 2017.