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Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales

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  • Nicholas D. Pyenson

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7013, USA
    Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)

  • Jeremy A. Goldbogen

    (Cascadia Research Collective, 218½ West 4th Avenue)

  • A. Wayne Vogl

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada)

  • Gabor Szathmary

    (FPInnovations, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada)

  • Richard L. Drake

    (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University)

  • Robert E. Shadwick

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada)

Abstract

A newly discovered sensory organ in the jaws of rorqual whales is shown to have a crucial role during lunge feeding.

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  • Nicholas D. Pyenson & Jeremy A. Goldbogen & A. Wayne Vogl & Gabor Szathmary & Richard L. Drake & Robert E. Shadwick, 2012. "Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7399), pages 498-501, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7399:d:10.1038_nature11135
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11135
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