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This Whale’s Meal Plan? Over 70,000 Squid A Year, And It’ll Dive Incredible Depths To Get Them

How much do you need to eat to stay alive and healthy? It's an interesting question and one that is crucial to protecting a ...
Maui Now

UH study finds Hawaiian pilot whales eat 416 million squid a year to power deep dives

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi’s short-finned pilot whales, ...

Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales eat over 77,000 squid a year

New estimates suggest that individual Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales eat between 82 and 202 squid per day. For the entire ...

Mystery of how much squid short-finned pilot whales eat resolved

How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to ...

Scientists Wanted to Know How Many Squid Pilot Whales Eat Each Day. What They Found Was Astounding

Short-finned pilot whales love eating squid, and boy do they stuff themselves with it, new research finds. Here’s some ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Colossal squid filmed alive in the ocean for first time 100 years after discovery

One hundred years after its discovery, one of the largest, most elusive mollusks has been filmed alive in its natural environment for the first time. On a recent expedition near the Antarctic South ...
NBC Washington

Colossal squid filmed alive in the ocean for first time 100 years after discovery

Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists' ability to research the enormous sea creatures. NBC Universal, Inc. One hundred years after ...