Baleen hormone analyses reveal stress and reproductive life-history of the critically endangered Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei) (IMAGE)

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Baleen hormone analyses reveal stress and reproductive life-history of the critically endangered Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei)

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Skull of a Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei). This is the skull of the holotype that washed ashore in 2019. This individual died of hemorrhaging and starvation due to the ingestion of plastic debris. The study of Evey et al. included this individual among others for endocrine analysis of past reproductive and stress states. 

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National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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