HUMPBACK WHALES PUT ON SPECTACULAR BUBBLE-NET FEEDING SHOW<br />WITH PIX AND VID<br />By Shuk Yee Tsang<br />A wildlife photographer captured the extraordinary sight of humpback whales hunting together in a rarely seen feeding display.<br />Sean Weekly, from Bristol, UK, filmed the moment in Alaska after spending 12 hours searching for whales on his second day there.<br />The coordinated behaviour, known as bubble-net feeding, involves the whales diving beneath schools of fish, releasing spirals of bubbles to trap them, and then surging upward with mouths wide open.<br />Sean described the encounter as one of the most organised and spectacular hunting techniques in the animal kingdom.<br />Sean said: “Bubble net feeding is basically the whales’ version of an all-you-can-eat buffet raid only way more organized.<br />"They dive below a school of fish, blow a ring of bubbles to corral their prey, and then launch themselves up through the middle with mouths wide open.<br />" It’s cooperative hunting at its most spectacular, and it’s unique to humpbacks.<br />"What an unbelievable and overwhelming experience."<br />One viewer commented: “Makes you feel so privileged to see them.” <br />Another said: “Awesome Sean, would love to see them bubble feeding. Great video as always.”<br />ENDS
