... elastic recoil. Cetacea Mysticete Temporomandibular TMJ Morphology Biomechanics Elasticity Hampden-Sydney College Rorquals (groove-throated whales, Balaenopteridae) include humpback, fin and blue whales, the largest animals that have ever lived. During ram-propelled lunge...

... of Biologists Ltd 2018 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: The baleen of right and bowhead whales is longer than the height of the mouth; experiments show it is highly flexible and bends along its length to accommodate mouth closure. Cetacea Mysticete Jaw Keratin Filter...

... shearing in dolphin cadavers shows tags para-sagittal and anterior to the dorsal fin cause the least trauma, but pain remains a concern. Delphinus Telemetry Tracking Implantable Mysticete Odontocete Tagging of large cetaceans to track their migratory movements has been undertaken since...

... 7 8 2012 24 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Cetacea mysticete whale filter feeding biomechanics hydrodynamics Baleen is not a static material. The filtering apparatus of whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) is usually compared to a net or sieve...

... for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 11 5 2012 9 10 2012 © 2013. 2013 blubber capital breeder energy storage life history Balaenoptera acutorostrata morphometrics mysticete Life history describes how an animal allocates energy to growth, reproduction and survival...