I don’t have one I just love that this structure is called a melon. 🍉
The melon is a mass of adipose tissue found in the foreheads of all toothed whales.[1][2] It focuses and modulates the animal's vocalizations and acts as a sound lens. It is thus a key organ involved in communication and echolocation.
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DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 21 pts · 1y
Forehead, fivehead, threehead
painteddoggie@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
Aeluga, Beluga, Celuga
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
I don’t have one I just love that this structure is called a melon. 🍉
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_(cetacean)
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Cranial capacity classes:
A: Average.
B: People who thank the bus driver.
C: Elon Musk.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
When you're prairie dogging it but there's no bathroom around, so you suck it back up.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
a. W
b. T
c. F
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
So long, and thanks for all the fish
brokenlcd@feddit.it · 5 pts · 1y
Percolating
Werbert@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Rubisco@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Head bubbling
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Wait; Did his head deform? So I caption it: Head deformation in swimming mammal.
200ok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
"You Won't Believe What This Beloved Fish Can Do With A Cherry Stem!"