Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

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Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:47 pm

Just something I've wondered about recently...dunno why. :ask:
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by mistermack » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:36 pm

I don't know.
But if not, they better hope that they don't get a cold.
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by Blind groper » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:57 am

The answer is no.
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:27 am

Thanks. :tup:
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by mistermack » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:13 pm

Sea lions and seals can, they can bark like a dog, and they open their mouths to do it.

I suppose whales lost the ability, when they stopped breeding on land.

I'm not sure about dolphins. They seem to open their mouths to vocalise, but it's not really something you take note of.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:16 pm

How do they make them cute clacking and clicking sounds then? They must focus them somehow?
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by Svartalf » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:20 pm

Dolphins vocalize through the nostril, you can drown one with the nostril in water but the beak out of it.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:22 pm

And the nostril is the hole on top of the head?
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Post by Svartalf » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:23 pm

Yep.
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:52 pm

Fucking weird fish aren't they?
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by mistermack » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:09 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:Fucking weird fish aren't they?
Idiot !
They're not fish.

They're insects.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:12 pm

:lol:

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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by rachelbean » Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:37 pm

It's a much better design than us humans have. Can't choke to death on food that way!
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Re: Can cetaceans breath through their mouths?

Post by Svartalf » Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:45 pm

Maybe, but back when my allergies were not well treated, I needed to breathe through the mouth very often as my nose was irretrievably clogged.
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