How whales breathe, communicate ... and fart with their faces - Joy Reidenberg
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anatomist Joy Reidenberg studies the body structure of many different
animals in the hope of adapting their unique qualities for human
applications. Her favorite? Whales. In this TEDYouth Talk, Reidenberg
explains how these majestic, awe-inspiring mammals "fart with their
face" (a process more formally known as echolocation) to send their
unique sounds through the water.
Whales are air-breathing mammals living in water. What are some of the difficulties of using air to make sounds underwater, and how have whales solved this problem?
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