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This is because periods with highest acoustic presence of Antarctic minke whales aligned with their breeding season at lower latitudes of the Antarctic Ocean. [5] Additionally, the bio-duck sound shared similar acoustic properties to a "pulse train" which is another call by minke whales believed to serve reproductive functions. [6]
Minke whales typically live between 30–50 years, but in some cases, they may live for up to 60 years. They have a gestation and calving period of approximately 10–11 months and 2 years, respectively. [14] Minke whales have a digestive system composed of four compartments with a high density of anaerobic bacteria throughout. The presence of ...
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Savannah is the co-anchor of TODAY at NBC News. She also serves as NBC News' chief legal correspondent and as a primary anchor for the network's election coverage. She joined TODAY as a co-host of ...
The pygmy right whale shares several characteristics with the right whales, with the exception of having a dorsal fin. Also, pygmy right whales' heads are no more than one quarter the size of their bodies, whereas the right whales' heads are about one-third the size of their bodies. [11] The pygmy right whale is the only extant member of its ...
Rorquals (/ ˈ r ɔːr k w əl z /) are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera.They include the largest known animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes (200 short tons), and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest of the group, the northern minke ...
NBC News will next week elevate Craig Melvin, a regular morning presence at “Today,” to replace Kotb during the show’s first two hours. Fox News, MSNBC and CNN are widely expected to rely at ...
Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales (notably the humpback and bowhead whales) in a way that is reminiscent of human singing. Humans produce sound by expelling air through the larynx.