There were also worries, swiftly discounted by experts, that the buildup of internal methane could make her explode, raining blubbery chunks down on a prime tourist region.
The behaviour may also be spreading between the birds, with new individuals learning to peck the whales after their attention is directed to the blubbery buffets by their peers.
I call it the "weeping push," because whenever he does this thing, it elicits a reaction that often culminates with me turning into a heaping pile of blubbery goo.