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A spa session for humpback whales
![Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and snorkelers, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, MR 497.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01072-x/d41586-024-01072-x_26977384.jpg)
Humpback whales fill their ribbed oral pouches with water to feed — and sometimes, scientists report, to rub off parasites. Credit: Doug Perrine/Alamy
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Nature 628, 693 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01072-x
References
Steveson, A. & Werth, A. J. Mar. Mamm. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13127 (2024).