New bottlenose dolphin sense discovered: they feel electricity
From Journal of Experimental Biology 04/12/23 Born tail first, bottlenose dolphin calves emerge equipped with two slender rows of whiskers along their beak-like snouts – much like the touch-sensitive whiskers of seals. But the whiskers fall out soon after birth, leaving the youngster with a series of dimples, known as vibrissal pits. Recently Tim Hüttner […]
Deep sea mining stresses jellyfish
From Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) 25/11/23 The deep sea is home to one of the world’s largest communities of animals about which we still know very little. Yet it is already subject to a growing number of human-induced environmental pressures. How do its inhabitants respond to these stressors? A new study led […]