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Irish Sea,
North Sea, and in
western Scandinavian waters south to
Kattegat and Øresund. It may also
drift into the
southwestern part of the
Baltic Sea (where...
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Blubber is a
thick layer of
vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was
present in many marine...
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returned to the
sea about 3
million years ago,
sea otters represent a
snapshot at the
earliest point of the
transition from fur to
blubber. In
sea otters, fur...
- skin from
drying out. The
sea cow's
blubber was 8–10 cm (3–4 in) thick,
another adaptation to the
frigid climate of the
Bering Sea. Its skin was brownish-black...
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Catostylus mosaicus is also
known as the
Jelly blubber or Blue
blubber jellyfish. The
jelly blubber is
distinguishable by its color,
which ranges from...
- it has now been
determined that
sperm whales dying at
sea decompose in such a way that the
blubber detaches from the body,
forming featureless whitish m****es...
- the
barks of
California sea lions, the gong-like
calls of
walruses and the
complex songs of
Weddell seals. The meat,
blubber and skin of
pinnipeds have...
- that act as
ballast to
counteract the
buoyancy of
their blubber. They have a thin
layer of
blubber and
consequently are
sensitive to
temperature fluctuations...
- as
other sea mammals, such as
seals and whales, for
their large quantities of fat.
Almost all
parts of the narwhal—the meat, skin,
blubber and organs—are...
- crabs, clams, octopus,
sea snails,
bristle worms and
other deep-
sea species.
Belugas feed
mainly in
winter as
their blubber is
thickest in
later winter...
