Whale saves diver from Shark? (1 Viewer)

Andy Adcock

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• Jan 10, 2018

• #1

Can't help thinking that too much is being concluded from this behaviour?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...-says-a-humpback-whale-saved-her-from-a-shark



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Nutcracker

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• Jan 10, 2018

• #2

Plausible, though - Humpbacks have form for this:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/why-did-humpback-whale-just-save-seals-life

 

Nutcracker

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• Jan 10, 2018

• #3

Also:
http://baleinesendirect.org/en/are-...-other-species-being-hunted-by-killer-whales/

 

Andy Adcock

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• Jan 10, 2018

• #4

Hmmm, they are also known like other cetaceans, for being playful and the OP is a lot less clear in that regard than the Seal example?


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fugl

Well-known member

• Jan 10, 2018

• #5

Nutcracker said:

Also:
http://baleinesendirect.org/en/are-...-other-species-being-hunted-by-killer-whales/

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Very interesting. Thanks for the links, this one and the one in your previous post.

 

Nutcracker

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• Jan 10, 2018

• #6

Three ways I can see it would benefit the Humpbacks:

1. Deny the predator feeding opportunities, and it will go hungry, and breed less well, so fewer of them in the long term.

2. Give the predator a fear of you [adult Humpbacks] in general, so that when you have vulnerable young, the predator will think twice about attacking.

3. Get young adult Humpbacks in training for how to deal with predators for later when they have vulnerable young.