Carnivorous whales

From: Ashley Munday <Ashley.Munday_at_liffe.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:03:36 -0000


Nick Davison said: "There are some Carnivorous Whales mentioned in Missing Lands."
At the risk of sounding really pedantic, all cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are carnivores - it's just a matter of prey size. Size ranges from Coepods (small zoo-plankton eaten by Right Whales) to giant squid (eaten by Sperm Whales when they can get it). There's also been a sighting of Orcas trying to take out a Humpback, but it doesn't look like their regular behaviour.
Ash

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