October 21, 2020
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Seabirds are skilled opportunists, commonly flocking to fishing boats to scavenge on scraps thrown overboard. Now, researchers have documented one large, notoriously aggressive species exploiting fishing operations in an unusual way—by taking bites out of the whales they attract...Though the idea of birds eating live whales is surprising, this isn’t the only instance of birds feeding on much larger animals.
