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Beaked whales - into the abyss
Scientists believe that beaked whales are one of the least understood groups of mammals on Earth.Study Finds Beaked Whales' Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have “tusks,” since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately ...Navy conducts hearing tests on rare whale in Fla.
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- A team of U.S. Navy audiologists conducted a hearing test Saturday on a rare beaked whale convalescing at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys....Killer whales, blind bats, discriminating dolphins, mating birds
... noise. Tyack will present initial results from a study on behavioral responses of beaked whales and other whales to sonar and other sounds. The study was conducted at the Atlantic Undersea Test and ..."Sexy" Tusks Led to New Whale Species?
The two curled, tusklike teeth of the male beaked whale evolved to attract females as well as to battle other males, according to new research.Rare whale gathering sighted
In a rare sight, marine biologists spot 60 enigmatic Arnoux's beaked whales gathering off the Antarctic coast.Rocket science leads to new whale discovery
... Division (N45). Using a simulated model of a male beaked whale's head, Cranford's team at San ... entitled, "Knocking on The Inner Ear in Cuvier's Beaked Whale" at the 18th Biennial Biology of Marine ...What Do Squid Hear?
... to various sounds, specifically the echolocation clicks of its main predators: the sperm whale, beaked whale, and dolphin. In addition to the brain wave experiments, he also plans to condition squid ...Field Museum provides gold standard for mammal survey
Putting together the Who's Who of bats, bears, beaked whales and all of Earth's other known mammals was a gigantic task ably assisted by a Field Museum scientific team with access to one of the planet ...
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