Drone films fin whale swallowing thousands of gallons of water

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA drone has filmed a fin whale lunge feeding, swallowing thousands of gallons of seawater in one gulp, the BBC reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThousands of gallons. In one mouthful.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne scientific account says a fin whale's mouth can take in about seventy thousand litres of seawater in six seconds.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSix seconds. I take longer than that to decide on a biscuit.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd a drone study found they swell to roughly double their normal size at the surface.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDouble. So where does the rest of the sea go?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorInto the whale.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen if it can hold that much, a whale is just a very large bag for the Atlantic, and someone has to carry it home.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's twenty-one to twenty-two metres long, with a black left jaw and a white right one, and it let a drone watch the whole thing.