a new study finds strong evidence that a group of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Maine (map) is sharing a newly observed feeding behavior via their social networks. (See related blog: “Sharks Have Social Networks, Learn From Friends.”)

That behavior, called lobtail feeding, was first recorded in 1 whale in the Gulf of Maine in 1980. Since then, 278 humpback whales—out of 700 observed individuals that frequent the Stellwagen Bank (map) area—have employed the strategy

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