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Aquatic Mammals - 3

Aquatic Mammals - 3

Truly Marine Mammals: Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Manatees, and Dugongs, although lung-breathing, are highly water-adapted and do not come on land, and hence called ‘Truly Aquatic Mammals’. The females of these truly aquati [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2007 | Comments : 0

Aquatic Mammals - 2

Chief Characteristics of Aquatic Mammals Except for fish which is not a mammal but a gill-breathing spawner (egg-laying), all other marine mammals as mentioned previously (aquatic mammals-1) are lung-breathing. As therefore, they must co [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2007 | Comments : 0

Aquatic Mammals - 1

Aquatic Mammals - 1

Aquatic Mammals - Introduction Most of the mammals live on ground but there are seeveral groups which are adapted to living in different environments. The mammals adapted to living in water are called aquatic or marine mammals. The mamma [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2007 | Comments : 0