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petronius

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4. The paper in PNAS says that it's not uncommon in large species of baleen whales,

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 04:40 PM

Sep 2013

and even that there are lighter and darker layers associated with periods of feeding and migration (there's an image in Fig. 1):

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/09/10/1311418110.full.pdf+html

It's really bizarre - gotta give a lot of credit to whoever first thought of checking it out...

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Like a tree's rings, blue whale's earwax tells a story of its life (LA Times) [View all] petronius Sep 2013 OP

this is incredible! KT2000 Sep 2013 #1

VERY cool!!!! K/R!!!! nt MADem Sep 2013 #2

Very odd. I can't see why the ear wax would accumulate that long. eppur_se_muova Sep 2013 #3

The paper in PNAS says that it's not uncommon in large species of baleen whales, petronius Sep 2013 #4

Remember.... AnneD Sep 2013 #6

My Ear Wax Tells A Story Too Skraxx Sep 2013 #5

Hold it...you stick your ear wax into other peoples' non-virgin ears? Tyrs WolfDaemon Sep 2013 #7

Don't Knock Till You Try It! Skraxx Sep 2013 #8