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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Are whales left-handed or right-handed?

Animals can be left-handed or right-handed just like humans, including the largest ones that have ever lived. But they can also be ambidextrous.
Scientists saw this dynamic in action while they were watching several dozen blue whales in the Pacific Ocean do barrel rolls to get food. Although there were animals that showed a preference for using their right side — the whale equivalent of right-handedness that we see in people — even those specific whales did left-handed barrel rolls on this one food-related behavior, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.

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