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DFHippie on May 31, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–hum...

I have heard (and perhaps misremembered) that the only taste receptor remaining to whales detects saltiness, which seems a bizarre outcome given that their mouths are constantly filled with brine.

Marrand on June 1, 2023 [–]

Maybe because it is useful for the whale to know if it suddenly entered freshwater? Idk

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