The sound of the engines of the ships causes the death of the whales

2002/07/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Biologia

In the northwest of the United States, numerous departures are organized to visit hundreds of whales that live there, but it seems that the sound of the boats is harmful to these animals. This has been said by the three recent investigations.

The whale has a special hearing system that allows the rapid detection of other animals. But the sounds of the engine make the whale move with more difficulty and, therefore, lose its fishing capacity. This feeding problem is causing the disappearance of numerous whales from the northwest of the US. until the Canadian coast.