Is There A Connection Between Albatrosses and Killer Whales?
Filed Under (Science) by Andy on 12-10-2009
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Graduate students attached still-image cameras to Albatrosses (a vulnerable group of seabirds) in the Arctic to monitor their habits as they travel hundreds of kilometers per day foraging. Retrieving and sifting through thousands of images leads us to believe there is a connection between these birds and Killer Whales of all things.
This is an interesting study, the results are not earth shattering by any stretch but I enjoy reading research articles from fields of study I’m not versed in yet are still readable.
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How ironic that the birds are depending on killer whales. I wonder what made this group of researchers decide to study this link? Had there been a hypothesis about the connection previously?