[CINC] New sensory organ discovered in whales
David Chubb
davidchubb at cox.net
Tue May 29 17:53:03 PDT 2012
Scientists have discovered a sensory organ in the jaw of rorqual whales
that is involved with feeding and helps with "initiation, modulation,
and end stages of engulfment." Their article, Discovery of a sensory
organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales, was published in
the May 23 online edition of Nature
(http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7399/full/nature11135.html).
My apologies if someone already mentioned this.
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