Videos capture humpback whales stopping to snack as they migrate along Australia’s coast

Drew Kelly/WildLive Media The southern humpback whale migration is in full swing. Tens of thousands of whales are now making their journey from warm Australian waters in the north to their cold feeding grounds in Antarctica. But snacking along the way provides much welcome replenishment. In a new study, published in Marine Mammal Science, we have investigated feeding behaviour of humpback whales on the east coast of Australia using information from citizen science and social media. We found…