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Stranded Endangered False Killer Whale Divulges a Dietary First

Endangered false killer whale. (Photo credit: Cascadia Research Collective; NOAA permit 20605)

HIMB’s associate researcher, Dr. Kristi West, and a team of graduate students, undergraduate students, and program volunteers discovered a new popular food item for Hawaiʻi’s false killer whales – the pelagic octopus!

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