Mutation Complicates Whale Vision (IMAGE)

Florida Institute of Technology

Mutation Complicates Whale Vision

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A MOTHER AND CALF RIGHT WHALE SURFACING AT SEBASTIAN INLET, FLORIDA. NEW RESEARCH LED BY FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LINKS DIFFICULTY SEEING IN BRIGHT LIGHT WITH BALEEN WHALES' SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FATAL ENTANGLEMENTS IN FISHING GEAR.

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PHOTO BY RICHARD ARONSON/Florida Institute of Technology

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