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SKELETAL CHANGES. "Cetaceans have highly transformed pelvic and hindlimb bones as a secondary adaptation to an aquatic lifestyle. Paleontological records of these bones are very scarce, which hampers interpretations of their homology and evolution." https://lnkd.in/dn9zKpQ View in LinkedIn

FERMENTATIVE METABOLISMS. "Baleen whales, which prey on animals (fish and crustaceans), harbor unique gut microbiomes with surprising parallels in functional capacity and higher level taxonomy to those of terrestrial herbivores. These similarities likely reflect a shared role for fermentative metabolisms despite a shift in primary carbon sources from plant-derived to animal-derived polysaccharides, such ras chitin." https://lnkd.in/dDPhaBp View in LinkedIn

APPLES AND ORANGES. "By definition, learning is a process for acquiring memories by which adaptive changes in an organism’s behaviour arise as a result of experience. Recognizing and quantifying such behavioral changes has proven to be no easy task in human and animal subjects, let alone in plants whose ability to behave is still an underappreciated phenomenon." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

SLOW LEARNER. "Once the domain of psychologists, research on learning and memory has extended its reach beyond the study of human behaviour to include several animal species and more recently, even machines." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

GENETICS AND ANATOMY. "These anatomical modifications reflect underlying genetic changes such as the reduction of olfactory receptor genes, although mysticetes retain some olfactory abilities. Modifications of the facial and nasal region of odontocetes reflect specialization for biosonar sound production." https://lnkd.in/dpT89Y8 View in LinkedIn