Birds in the Atlantic are pecking baby whales to death, eating blubber from their backs as they surface for air

Birds in the Atlantic are pecking baby whales to death, eating blubber from their backs as they surface for air

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A Kelp gull pecking at a southern right whale calf back. Scientists think the gull's increased appetite for the whale blubber is causing extraneous stress on the calves' chances of survival before their first birthday. JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images Gulls off the coast of Argentina have…

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