Tuesday 1/12 - Humpback Whales: Team Hunting & Social Intelligence

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Monday, January 11, 2010 10:11 AM

Sage, Mike

Cafe Scientifique Reminder - Tuesday 1/12 - Humpback Whales: Team

Hunting & Social Intelligence

 

Come to SRI tomorrow as we welcome Café Scientifique speaker:

Fred Sharpe, PhD

 

Alaska Whale Foundation

Executive Director & Principal Investigator

 

Topic: " Humpback Whales: Team Hunting & Social Intelligence "

 

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: SRI Menlo Park (Middlefield Road at Ringwood Ave. in Menlo Park)

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en & q=D%20Street%2C%20menlo%20park%2C%20CA

 

 

Please note:

> Doors will be closed when capacity is reached.

> Doors will open at 5:15 - don't be late!

> Do not park at SRI's main entrance (333 Ravenswood). Instead, enter parking

lot from Middlefield Road, using entrance opposite Ringwood Avenue.

 

For directions, links to whale videos and more, visit us on the web

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The humpback whales that inhabit Southeast Alaska are noteworthy for forming

large, enduring groups when hunting Pacific herring. These groups of up to 20

whales engage in elaborate social hunting behaviors when attacking schools of

herring. Their hunting technique includes division of labor with task

specialization within the group as they trap herring in a cylindrical bubble

curtains.

 

Fred Sharpe (Ph.D. Simon Fraser University) has been investigating the social

foraging ecology of Alaskan Humpback whales since 1987. Join us at SRI as Fred

discusses his insights into the complex world of humpback behavior and the

implications for humpback social intelligence.

 

Fred's studies have received international recognition; he had been awarded the

Fairfield Award for Innovate Marine Mammal Research, and the Society for Marine

Mammology Award for Excellence in Scientific Communication. Fred is also a

naturalist in the classical tradition.

 

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Courtesy of Kepler's there will be a drawing for a $30 gift card for books or

merchandise at Kepler's on El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Those who choose to

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John McIntosh

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