Approximately 90% of humans are right-handed, preferring to use their right hand for writing and carrying out daily tasks, while a mere 10% consider themselves to be left-handed. But what about whales? Are they more \u2018right-handed,\u2019 \u2018left-handed,\u2019 or are they ambidextrous? We get this question periodically from visitors to the interpretation centre.<\/p>\n
A number of studies carried out on different species seem to indicate that the majority of whales are right-handed, like humans. But that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019d be more inclined to hold their pencil in their right fin! In reality, determining the preferred side of a whale is not as simple as it might seem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Approximately 90% of humans are right-handed, preferring to use their right hand for writing and carrying out daily tasks, while a mere 10% consider themselves to be left-handed. But what about whales? Are they more \u2018right-handed,\u2019 \u2018left-handed,\u2019 or are they ambidextrous? We get this question periodically from visitors to the interpretation centre. A number of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":56742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1432],"class_list":["post-56768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whale-qa","tag-baleine-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n