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1. • • As cetaceans evolved, the blowhole gradually migrated from the tip of the snout to the back of the snout, and then gradually up to the top of the skull.
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   How do whales & dolphins get on top of their head?

   • Dolphins and whales spend their entire lives in the ocean and must come to the surface for each breath. The location of their “nose”, the blowhole, on the top of their head allows them to exchange breathing air efficiently during the sometimes brief surfacing. But how does the blowhole of whales and dolphins actually get on top of the head?

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   How do dolphins & whales breathe?

   • Photo: Julia Hager Dolphins and whales spend their entire lives in the ocean and must come to the surface for each breath. The location of their “nose”, the blowhole, on the top of their head allows them to exchange breathing air efficiently during the sometimes brief surfacing.

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   Can whales breathe through nostrils?

   • For whales, breathing through nostrils sited in the customary position on the front of the face would be highly inefficient as it would require lifting the head up out of the water. Which is why cetacean nostrils have migrated to the top of the head to become blowholes.

   Why whales have blowholes - Discover Wildlife

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   Why do whales have blowholes on their heads?

   • The posterior placement of blowholes on cetacean heads is believed to minimize the energy used when breathing at the water's surface. Air sacs just below the blowhole allow whales to produce sounds for communication and, for toothed whales, echolocation.

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   How do dolphins and whales change their noses?

   • As the embryos develop, they take different paths and become more and more similar to their own species. Most of them keep their noses and their mouths in front of their face, but dolphins and whales transform their whole heads to change the direction of their nasal passage while keeping the snout facing forward.

   Two Ways to Weird: How Whale Noses Moved to the Top of Their Head

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   Do Dolphins breathe through their mouths?

   • Dolphins do not breathe through their mouths in the same way as people can, they only breathe through their blowholes. In this way, breathing and eating are kept entirely separate in dolphins so that they can capture prey in their mouths and swallow it without the risk water getting into their lungs.

   How do whales and dolphins breathe?

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Blowhole_(anatomy)Blowhole (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   The V-shaped double blowhole of a gray whale. In cetology, the study of whales and other cetaceans, a blowhole is the hole (or spiracle) at the top of the head through which the animal breathes air. In baleen whales, these are in pairs.

5. researchblog.duke.edu › 2021/08/12 › two-ways-toTwo Ways to Weird: How Whale Noses Moved to the Top of Their Head

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   Aug 12, 2021 · Unlike almost all other vertebrate animals, cetaceans don’t breathe out of their mouths or from a nose placed in front of their face, but from a blowhole located on top of their head. How did it get up there?

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7. us.whales.org › whales-dolphins › how-do-whales-andHow do whales and dolphins breathe? - Whale & Dolphin ...

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   Whales and dolphins are mammals and breathe air into their lungs, just like we do. They cannot breathe underwater like fish can as they do not have gills. They breathe through nostrils, called a blowhole, located right on top of their heads.

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   Aug 26, 2021 · The location of their “nose”, the blowhole, on the top of their head allows them to exchange breathing air efficiently during the sometimes brief surfacing. But how does the blowhole of whales and dolphins actually get on top of the head?

9. www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2021Development and evolution of dolphin, whale blowholes

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   Aug 16, 2021 · Today's cetaceans also sport a unique type of nasal passage: It rises at an angle relative to the roof of the mouth -- or palate -- and exits at the top of the head as a blowhole.

10. ocean.si.edu › ocean-life › marine-mammalsThe Evolution of Echolocation | Smithsonian Ocean

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    How does echolocation work in whales and dolphins? Echolocation relies on sending and receiving sounds. Toothed whales create noises by blowing air through what is known as their “phonic lips,” a vibrating tissue located along their nasal passage, beneath the blowhole on the top of their head.

11. www.discoverwildlife.com › animal-facts › why-whalesWhy whales have blowholes - Discover Wildlife

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    For whales, breathing through nostrils sited in the customary position on the front of the face would be highly inefficient as it would require lifting the head up out of the water. Which is why cetacean nostrils have migrated to the top of the head to become blowholes.