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Extreme capital breeding for giants: Effects of body size on humpback whale energy expenditure and fasting endurance Ecological Modelling, 2024
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Baleen whales are extreme capital breeders, capable of fasting for more than half a year while migrating thousands of kilometres and nursing rapidly growing offspring that quadruple in body size over the same period. To understand this energetic conundrum…