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Throughout history, people have marvelled at the physical adaptations that enable cetaceans, though they are mammals, not fish, to live an entirely aquatic life. Many of these adaptations are obvious externally; the hairless skin, the insulating blubber, the streamlined shape; loss of limbs and evolution of flukes, a new propulsion system; and the replacement of nostrils with blowholes, and related restructuring of the respiratory system.
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Pryor, K. (1990). Concluding Comments on Vision, Tactition, and Chemoreception. In: Thomas, J.A., Kastelein, R.A. (eds) Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans. NATO ASI Series, vol 196. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0858-2_39
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