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2022-11-30

whirled territory 17 airdropped to Lil' Odontocete for collecting whirled map 3

I accidentally minted the wrong territory the first time, so there are two 17s😅

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2022-11-24

Dolphinoids. Odontocetes renowned for their use of domesticated cephalopods as makeshift hands

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2022-10-31

Even more interesting is spermaceti organs of sperm whale and beaked whale are probably not homologous. Odontocetes have several small fat bodies, the Physeteroids' organ is considered homologous to right posterior dorsal bursa, and Ziphiids' may relate to posterior bursas https://t.co/oBquJ9ZFcj

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2021-10-12

Even more interesting is spermaceti organs of sperm whale and beaked whale are probably not homologous. Odontocetes have several small fat bodies, the Physeteroids' organ is considered homologous to right posterior dorsal bursa, and Ziphiids' may relate to the posterior bursas

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2021-10-12

While are the only group of sirenians that invaded freshwater habitats, in odontocetes it has happened multiple times. In the Pebas Mega-Wetland System we find platanistoids and iniids. Map from et al (2020) https://t.co/EcTyazFCIC
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2021-04-03

I can't speak for land mammals, but in odontocetes, they have tons and tons of sinuses in front of their brain to either 1) protect the brain from sounds produced for echolocation and/or 2) reduce bone conducted sounds from interfering with hearing by making "mirror" of air

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2020-04-27

Happy The melon in and other Odontocetes (toothed whales) is a mass of adipose tissue located in the forehead. It acts as a sound lens, modulating and focusing sounds used in
From the archives.

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2020-04-14

New paper: range of movement at the vertebral-skull joint in dolphins: new metric predicts feeding behavior/adaptations of modern odontocetes - can't wait to apply this to some fossil dolphins! https://t.co/muu1fqME7f

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2019-11-12

here's the newly described avitus an Oligocene Odontocete from WA https://t.co/TiO8d3oLzu

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2017-10-14

Meet Inticetus vertizi, a cool new odontocete from the Early Miocene of Peru. Croc-like snout & some serious teeth! Congrats Olivier & co!

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2017-09-12

This week's "no way that's real" animal is the southern right whale dolphin, another black & white entry and my favourite living odontocete!

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2017-03-07

Latest gift from Jim Goedert: monographs on modern/fossil odontocetes incl. rare Flynn 1948 monograph on Prosqualodon. You shouldn't have!😊

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2017-03-02