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Humpbacks in the Strait of Magellan feed on plentiful sardines, sometimes working in groups to herd the fish against forests of kelp. Biologist Juan Capella studies the animals. "We know very little about the whale," he says. "Here we have a natural laboratory.”

Humpbacks in the Strait of Magellan feed on plentiful sardines, sometimes working in groups to herd the fish against forests of kelp. Biologist Juan Capella studies the animals. "We know very little about the whale," he says. "Here we have a natural laboratory.”

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