Thursday 18 March 2021

Harbor porpoises attracted to oil platforms when searching for food

Large gatherings of fish tempt harbor porpoises to search for food around oil and gas platforms, even though the noise from these industrial plants normally scares the whales away. Decommissioned platforms may therefore serve as artificial reefs in the North Sea.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-03-harbor-porpoises-oil-platforms-food.html