Male teeth available for females

2008/12/16 Lakar Iraizoz, Oihane - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Zoologia

Males have two canines on the outside of the mouth. Apparently they do not have a certain function, as they do not help feed the whales. However, at Oregon State University, studied various species of mucus lumps, it has been concluded that they are useful for females, but these special canines are useful.

In fact, they have come to the conclusion that the teeth serve to separate the males from their species, since each species of whale has its characteristic teeth. And it is that, apart from the teeth, all the species of bullet of peak are very similar. According to scientists, it seems that females reproduce with males of their species.

Photo: Ivan Dominguez/ University of La Laguna