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- Title
Rare Mixed-Species Associations Between Sperm Whales and Risso's and Northern Right Whale Dolphins Off the Southern California Bight: Kleptoparasitism and Social Parasitism?
- Authors
Smultea, Mari A; Bacon, Cathy E; Lomac-MacNair, Kate; Visser, Fleur; Bredvik, Jessica
- Abstract
The article discusses the association between sperm whales and northern right whale Dolphins and mentions the kleptoparasitisicm practiced among the species. Topics discussed include description of first published social interaction of Sperm Whales and northern Right Whale Dolphins, definition of social parasiticism and the feeding behavior of Sperm Whales.
- Subjects
SPERM whale; RIGHT whale dolphins; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SOCIAL interaction; ANIMAL feeding behavior; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Northwestern Naturalist, 2014, Vol 95, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1051-1733
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1898/NWN13-11.1