Why Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down? They Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies

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““The only way she can get fat again is by migrating all the way back” to the Southern Ocean.”
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Frase de exemplo“The only way she can get fat again is by migrating all the way back” to the Southern Ocean.
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“Most of the mothers floated with their backs at the water’s surface or just below it.”
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Frase de exemploMost of the mothers floated with their backs at the water’s surface or just below it.
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Frase de exemploThey Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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“While a whale floating upside-down might seem sick or injured, the researchers think the opposite is true.”
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Frase de exemploWhile a whale floating upside-down might seem sick or injured, the researchers think the opposite is true.
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“Why Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?”
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Frase de exemploWhy Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?
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“Why Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?”
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Frase de exemploWhy Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?
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“Now, researchers have come up with a possible explanation for the strange behavior.”
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Frase de exemploNow, researchers have come up with a possible explanation for the strange behavior.
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“This suggests rolling over might have something to do with the energetic demands of reproduction.”
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Frase de exemploThis suggests rolling over might have something to do with the energetic demands of reproduction.
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“When they’re nursing, southern right whale calves grow rapidly, adding up to nearly five inches in length per day at birth.”
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Frase de exemploWhen they’re nursing, southern right whale calves grow rapidly, adding up to nearly five inches in length per day at birth.
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“While a whale floating upside-down might seem sick or injured, the researchers think the opposite is true.”
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Frase de exemploWhile a whale floating upside-down might seem sick or injured, the researchers think the opposite is true.
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“Now, researchers have come up with a possible explanation for the strange behavior.”
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Frase de exemploNow, researchers have come up with a possible explanation for the strange behavior.
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“Why Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?”
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Frase de exemploWhy Are These Whales Floating Upside-Down?
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““It could be a way for [mom] to be like ‘give me a minute.’” Southern right whale mothers spend their summers feeding near Antarctica.”
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Frase de exemplo“It could be a way for [mom] to be like ‘give me a minute.’” Southern right whale mothers spend their summers feeding near Antarctica.
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“However, Peter Corkeron , a marine ecologist at Griffith University in Australia who was not involved with the study, doesn’t think the cooling explanation holds up.”
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Frase de exemploHowever, Peter Corkeron , a marine ecologist at Griffith University in Australia who was not involved with the study, doesn’t think the cooling explanation holds up.
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“Once they’ve bulked up, they travel to waters off southern Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Chile to give birth and raise their calves.”
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Frase de exemploOnce they’ve bulked up, they travel to waters off southern Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Chile to give birth and raise their calves.
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““She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .”
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Frase de exemplo“She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .
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“They Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.”
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Frase de exemploThey Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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“Mothers fast while they’re caring for their young, relying on stored energy in their blubber to get them through the months-long calving season.”
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Frase de exemploMothers fast while they’re caring for their young, relying on stored energy in their blubber to get them through the months-long calving season.
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“So perhaps they’re going belly-up to increase the skin surface area that’s in contact with the sea breeze, a bit like humans “dipping our legs in a cold pool on a hot day,” the researchers write in the Conversation .”
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Frase de exemploSo perhaps they’re going belly-up to increase the skin surface area that’s in contact with the sea breeze, a bit like humans “dipping our legs in a cold pool on a hot day,” the researchers write in the Conversation .
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“However, Peter Corkeron , a marine ecologist at Griffith University in Australia who was not involved with the study, doesn’t think the cooling explanation holds up.”
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Frase de exemploHowever, Peter Corkeron , a marine ecologist at Griffith University in Australia who was not involved with the study, doesn’t think the cooling explanation holds up.
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““She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .”
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Frase de exemplo“She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .
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““She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .”
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Frase de exemplo“She can’t go to the supermarket while she’s here and stock up on food,” study co-author Kate Sprogis , a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, tells National Geographic .
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“At the same time, however, their bodies are working overtime to produce thick, calorie-rich milk for their hungry babies.”
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Frase de exemploAt the same time, however, their bodies are working overtime to produce thick, calorie-rich milk for their hungry babies.
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“Southern right whales were nearly wiped out during the 19th and 20th centuries.”
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Frase de exemploSouthern right whales were nearly wiped out during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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“When they’re upside-down, the animals are particularly vulnerable to ship strikes.”
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Frase de exemploWhen they’re upside-down, the animals are particularly vulnerable to ship strikes.
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“Writing in a paper published on July 6 in the journal Mammalian Biology , scientists posit that some moms float upside-down because they need a break from their nursing calves.”
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Frase de exemploWriting in a paper published on July 6 in the journal Mammalian Biology , scientists posit that some moms float upside-down because they need a break from their nursing calves.
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“At the same time, however, their bodies are working overtime to produce thick, calorie-rich milk for their hungry babies.”
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Frase de exemploAt the same time, however, their bodies are working overtime to produce thick, calorie-rich milk for their hungry babies.
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Frase de exemploThey Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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Frase de exemploThey Might Just Be Moms Who Need a Break From Feeding Their Babies Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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“When they’re nursing, southern right whale calves grow rapidly, adding up to nearly five inches in length per day at birth.”
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Frase de exemploWhen they’re nursing, southern right whale calves grow rapidly, adding up to nearly five inches in length per day at birth.