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Marine mammals can shut off blood flow to extremities like flippers to conserve heat.

What is the primary location of sound production in mysticetes such as humpback whales?

What hypothesis explains how baleen whales may hear low-frequency sounds?

Which factor contributes most to seasonal breeding in marine mammals?

Marine mammals regulate heat loss primarily through evaporation and sweat.

What distinguishes the use of fur versus blubber in thermoregulation among marine mammals?

How does the foraging depth of baleen whales compare to that of beaked whales?

The larynx in baleen whales is involved in sound production.

Anaerobic dives are more efficient for foraging than aerobic dives.

Furred marine mammals are less at risk during oil spills than blubbered ones.