Two belugas at an aquarium bob their heads up and down, shaking their blobs of forehead fat — called melons — at one another. One of five distinct melon shapes that the whales make, “shake” seems to be associated with courtship and sexual behaviors, a new study suggests.
Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/belugas-communicate-warping-forehead-fat
Video: J.T. Richard et al/Animal Cognition 2024
Beluga whales shake their melons | Science News
