“Modified Pulpotomy”. This is a very uncomfortable procedure for the whale and when underway, whales are observed spitting and diving down underwater to avoid this procedure. All though this cribbing seems like an act due to boredom, it is very detrimental to a whale’s health and even ...
Our data support this approach given the remarkable similarities between the general patterns of stress distribution recovered here for otodontid teeth (Fig. 2), based on planar models with homogeneous material properties, and those previously reported for a number of living sharks, based on more ...
Recognition of morphological similarities between lamnid sharks ( the most well known being the great white and the mako) and tunas has led to a general expectation that they also have converged in their functional design; however, no quantitative data exist on the mechanical performance of the ...
Some of those flaws are examined here and remedies are suggested that an ICCMS could use to create a more effective management regime. The life histories of elasmobranches and large whales are compared to illustrate their similarities as a biological foundation for the selection of the IWC as a...
689 sequences and included the complete mitochondrial genomes as well partial 12S rRNA gene fragments of bony fishes (Actinopterygii), cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), true seals (Phocidae), sea lions (Otariidae), whales (Cetacea), marine dolphins (Delphinidae), sea otters (Enhydra) and ...