OTHER ADAPTATIONS. “Some cetaceans show extreme longevity, as well as resistance to cancer, wound healing and insulin resistance. Other major adaptations pertain to feeding ecology; indeed, modern cetaceans diverged approximately 34 Ma into the toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti), which evolved echolocation to hunt using ultrasonic pulses and possess a highly specialized inner ear, and the baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti), which lost their teeth and instead evolved a novel keratinous material for filtering smaller prey.”
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/9/150156
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022