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🐋 Humpback Whale Migration Lab: Fluke Strouhal Number, Drag Power and the Blubber Fuel Budget

A humpback swims from Hawaii to Alaska. Tune speed and tail-beat frequency, watch Strouhal-number efficiency, hydrodynamic drag power and the blubber budget, and find the speed that costs the least energy per kilometre.

Animals & Their World3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender

⚙ Under the hood

Whale MigrationStrouhal NumberHydrodynamic DragAnimal EnergeticsThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install