Blue Whales Are Mostly 'Left-Handed' | Nat Geo Wild

Just as humans can be right-handed or left-handed, blue whales show a preference in the direction that they spin.

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Scientists attached accelerometers on 63 blue whales. The The data showed that in shallow water where krill are less dense, a whale would turn left so its right eye points upward at its prey. As with most animals, a whale’s right eye is connected to the brain’s left hemisphere. It is this hemisphere that allows a to focus more on spotting krill, especially if feeding take more effort in shallow water.

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[NatGeoAnimals]

Blue whales are amazing. Who knew that animals could also have a dominant fin/paw/wing/ hand like humans do?

[Frastio]

Blue Whale 🐋 was so cute😂😂, i want to put blue whale in my aquarium as my pet 😂😂😂.

[MacStoker]

left handed?
or
right eyed?

you decide!

[GandalfTheTsaagan]

Wouldn't it be the other way arround? They're "right-handed" since their "good eye" is the right one?

[MuhammadEgypt]

Not sure about the term left-handed to describe whales. How about left-brained instead?

[robinbinder]

holy shit they are so gigantic and look at the damn speed at 0:05 immagine the forces they generate
if you take his own body as measure and assume 30 meters hes moving at about 50 km/h