Comments on: How baby whales feed http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/how-baby-whales-feed/ Our place, our voices Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pygmy Right Whale Dissected « Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/how-baby-whales-feed/#comment-5316 Pygmy Right Whale Dissected « Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:57:32 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=446#comment-5316 [...] Above you see the tongue of the baby pygmy right whale. Whales lips aren’t flexible enough to form a suction around the mother’s nipple like human babies do. To latch on to the mother’s nipple, a baby whale curls its tongue. A good suction is assisted by the flaps on either side of the tongue – you can see one of them above. As the baby whale gets older and is no longer suckling, the flaps will mostly disappear. [...] [...] Above you see the tongue of the baby pygmy right whale. Whales lips aren’t flexible enough to form a suction around the mother’s nipple like human babies do. To latch on to the mother’s nipple, a baby whale curls its tongue. A good suction is assisted by the flaps on either side of the tongue – you can see one of them above. As the baby whale gets older and is no longer suckling, the flaps will mostly disappear. [...]

]]> By: Lesley Dewar http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/how-baby-whales-feed/#comment-3569 Lesley Dewar Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:42:20 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=446#comment-3569 Have Australians Stopped Killing Whales? http://is.gd/mgIT What do you think? Please complete our poll on Whaling, too. Thanks Lesley PS Always wondered how they did that - thanks. Have Australians Stopped Killing Whales? http://is.gd/mgIT What do you think?

Please complete our poll on Whaling, too.

Thanks Lesley

PS Always wondered how they did that – thanks.

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