The Biology Of Cetaceans - New Zealand Whales and Dolphins

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Cetaceans have a very smooth body which slips through the ocean with little effort; their streamlining is essentially fish-like but with one big difference — the tail flukes of a cetacean are horizontal rather than vertical as in fishes. The simila...

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Main Author: Alan N. Baker
Format: Book
Language:English
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Summary:Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Cetaceans have a very smooth body which slips through the ocean with little effort; their streamlining is essentially fish-like but with one big difference — the tail flukes of a cetacean are horizontal rather than vertical as in fishes. The similarity with fishes stops with body form, for cetaceans are modified mammals whose ancestors once live...