Spin dive and non-spin dive (IMAGE)

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Spin dive and non-spin dive

Caption

Surface movements at the onset of spin and non-spin foraging dives. Graphics below show the sprint and rotation at the onset of the dive (indicated by red line) during spin dives, and which is absent during non-spin dives. Interestingly, individuals always spin to the right side

Credit

Fleur Visser

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Public Domain

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