Sound-generating apparatus of the sperm whale, Physeter catadon L., 1758
Kozak, V.A.
Fiziolohichnyi Zhurnal 23(1): 123-128
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-3311 PMID: 862988 Document Number: 112984
Study of the nasal passages, air sacs in the head of the sperm whale, and of the muscles contracting the lips (museau de singe) showed that clicks, used in echolocation, were generated in the area of the lips, bordered by horny plates, which open into the distal air sac.
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