A blue whale's heartbeat has been recorded for the first time - and the results are fascinating

Researchers from the Goldbogen Lab place a suction-cup tag on a blue whale in Monterey Bay.

今日の英語の習慣化の題材です。

珍しいBlue Whale (青色クジラ)の研究で、米国のMonterey Bayで発見されたBlue Whaleにsuction cups(吸盤)を取り付け、心拍を計測したというお話...

そんなに難しくないので、さっくり読んでくださいね！

CNN - For the first time, scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, uncovering new information about the biology of the world's largest mammal.

After measuring the heart rates of diving emperor penguins and captive whales, researchers from the University of Stanford decided to try to measure the heart rates of wild whales.
Using suction cups, biologists attached electronic sensors to a blue whale's left flipper to measure its heart rate -- with surprising findings.

The experts discovered that the blue whale lowered its heart rate to as little as two beats per minute when it dived for food.
At the bottom of a foraging dive, the whale's heart rate increased to about 2.5 times the minimum, then decreased again. Once the mammal began to surface, its heart rate increased again.

The animal's highest heart rate -- between 25 and 37 beats per minute -- occurred at the surface when it was breathing and restoring oxygen levels, scientists said in research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday.