Whale Scars (IMAGE)

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Whale Scars

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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.

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Meike Scheidat (FTZ)/Alfred Wegener Institute

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