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Pilot whales’ bulbous foreheads are due to a mass of underlying tissue called the melon, which focuses and modulates the animals’ vocalisations. All toothed whales have this tissue. They hunt by echolocation and maintain close-knit extended family units for which aural communication is essential.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016
Photograph Richard Robinson ©2016.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/
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THE PUZZLE OF PILOT WHALES
Pilot whales’ bulbous foreheads are due to a mass of underlying tissue called the melon, which focuses and modulates the animals’ vocalisations. All toothed whales have this tissue. They hunt by echolocation and maintain close-knit extended family units for which aural communication is essential.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson ©2016.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/