Pilot whales use synchronised swimming when they sense danger

Friday, November 23, 2012 - 13:01 in Biology & Nature

An international team of scientists have observed the behaviour of various groups of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar and Cape Breton in Canada belonging to the Globicephala melas species, which are also known as long-finned pilot whales. These results show that these whales use synchronised swimming when they identify the presence of an external threat.

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