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Journal:
Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (Suppl_1): jeb161471.
Published: 7 March 2018
... melaena-melaena . Lipids 9 , 461 - 470 . 10.1007/BF02534272 Blomberg , J. and Lindholm , L.-E. (1976). Variations in lipid composition and sound velocity in melon from the North Atlantic pilot whale, Globicephala malaena malaena . Lipids 11 , 153 - 156 . 10.1007/BF02532666...
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2006) 209 (14): 2726–2733.
Published: 15 July 2006
...Whitlow W. L. Au; Ronald A. Kastelein; Kelly J. Benoit-Bird; Ted W. Cranford; Megan F. McKenna SUMMARY An experiment was conducted to investigate the sound pressure patterns on the melon of odontocetes by using four broadband hydrophones embedded in suction cups to measure echolocation signals...
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The face that sank the Essex : potential function of the spermaceti organ in aggression
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (12): 1755–1763.
Published: 15 June 2002
... times their body mass, is a product of specialization for male—male aggression. Specifically, we suggest that the greatly enlarged and derived melon of sperm whales, the spermaceti organ, evolved as a battering ram to injure an opponent. To address this hypothesis, we examined the correlation between...