Endangered Hector’s dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe

9/2/2016
In a first, researchers in New Zealand have observed a dolphin breathing through its mouth after it developed a faulty blowhole. Dolphins have until ...
8/31/2016
This dolphin can breathe through its mouth, rather than its blowhole, which shows it has remarkable adaptive capabilities when a survival problem ...
But for one New Zealand dolphin, being a mouth-breather has likely meant the ... Unlike humans, a dolphin's larynx, which carries air to the lungs, and ...
8/30/2016
Not just a pretty face? A dolphin has learned to breathe through its mouth after developing a faulty blowhole, highlighting the animal's ability to adapt.

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