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Pods of up to 1000 offshore bottlenose dolphins have been seen travelling with pilot whales, but the reasons for the association are unclear. There could be a feeding benefit for pilot whales, since bottlenose dolphins are highly efficient at rounding up schools of fish. On the other hand, dolphins may be gaining some measure of protection from predators by staying close to the much larger pilot whales.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016
Photograph Richard Robinson ©2016.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/
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THE PUZZLE OF PILOT WHALES
Pods of up to 1000 offshore bottlenose dolphins have been seen travelling with pilot whales, but the reasons for the association are unclear. There could be a feeding benefit for pilot whales, since bottlenose dolphins are highly efficient at rounding up schools of fish. On the other hand, dolphins may be gaining some measure of protection from predators by staying close to the much larger pilot whales.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson ©2016.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/