Table 5. Foraging durations from tag data.

	Humpback (14.0 m)	Fin (20.2m)	Blue (25.0m)	Data source
Prey-approach time (s)	8	12	18	J.A. Goldbogen; unpublished tag data
Engulfment time (s)	4.2	5.8	6.2	This paper and refs. [24], [34], [35]
Filter/recovery time (s)	13 (3)	28 (4)	55 (10)	Ref. [24]
Lunge duration (s)	41	53	98	Refs. [24], [34], [35]
Search time for prey in between lunges (s)	15.8	7.2	18.8	Data of the fourth row minus the sum of the first three rows
Maximum foraging dive duration (s)	11.3 (1.5)	9.3 (3.1)	11.6 (1.8)	Ref. [24]
Maximum number of lunges in a dive	12.3 (2.6)	6.5 (1.8)	4.3 (1.1)	Ref. [24]
Combined descent and ascent times (s), to depths approx 200 m (50 m)	180	186	246	Refs. [24], [34], [35]

The uncertainties are indicated in parentheses.