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Burmeister's porpoises frequent inshore bays, channels, and fjords, [1] but individuals have been spotted as far as 50 km (31 mi) from the shore and in the freshwater Valdivia River in southern Chile. [1] Though normally found in continental shelf waters, they have been found as deep as 1,000 m (3,300 ft) [1]
Porpoises, and other cetaceans, belong to the clade Cetartiodactyla with even-toed ungulates. Porpoises range in size from the vaquita , at 1.4 metres (4 feet 7 inches) in length and 54 kilograms (119 pounds) in weight, to the Dall's porpoise , at 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) and 220 kg (490 lb).
Little is known about the diets of other species of porpoises. A dissection of three Burmeister's porpoises shows that they consume shrimp and euphausiids (krill). A dissection of a beached Vaquita showed remains of squid and grunts. Nothing is known about the diet of the spectacled porpoise. [18]
The family Balaenidae, the right whales, contains two genera and four species. All right whales have no ventral grooves; a distinctive head shape with a strongly arched, narrow rostrum, bowed lower jaw; lower lips that enfold the sides and front of the rostrum; and long, narrow, elastic baleen plates (up to nine times longer than wide) with fine baleen fringes.
The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, went missing on New Year's Day ...
No subspecies of the southern bottlenose whale are named (Mead 1989). A mtDNA study of two southern bottlenose whales from different regions of New Zealand was conducted and found that mtDNA differed 4.13%, which is higher than the interspecific variation of 2% found in other beaked whales (Dalebout et al., 1998).
A 6-foot-11 center, Şengün joined the Rockets as the 16th pick of the 2021 NBA Draft out of Turkey. He signed a four-year, $15.5 million contract as a rookie.
For many non-baseball fans, Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at age 90, was first and foremost, a hilarious actor. His humor shone through in many Miller Lite commercials and a starring role in the ...