The Oregonian | Drone footage captured by Oregon State University shows new whale feeding behaviors @oregonian | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Drone footage captured by Oregon State University researchers off the coast of Newport offers new insights into how a gray whale’s size affects its foraging behavior and what role social learning may play in how the whales develop new acrobatics to find food.

Researchers at the university’s Marine Mammal Institute captured the footage over seven years. They said it shows how a gray whale’s movements – including forward and side-swimming, headstands and the use of “bubble blasts” – change as whales age and grow.

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