[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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