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Contact: Dr. Angelika Dummermuth
Angelika.Dummermuth@awi.de
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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Whale Scars

Caption: Some of these scars could have been inflicted by orcas, their potential predators, or by squids, their most common preys, as proposed by Elaina Jorgensen one of the cephalopod specialist onboard the Polarstern.

Credit: Meike Scheidat (FTZ)/Alfred Wegener Institute

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