Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know/May, 2007


 * ...Qi Qi was the name of one of several captive Baijis held at the Wuhan Institute in China in an attempt to rescue the species.
 * ...the Beaked whales (genus Ziphidae) contain over twenty species of small whales, and are the least known of all cetaceans.
 * ...The ear bone called the hammer (malleus) in cetaceans is fused to the walls of the bone cavity where the ear bones are, making hearing in air nearly impossible. Instead sound is transmitted through their jaws and skull bones.
 * ...cetaceans with pointed beaks have good binocular vision, but others, such as the Sperm Whale cannot see directly in front or behind.
 * ...Migaloo is an albino Humpback Whale often spotted off the east coast of Australia.