240: Coda

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240: Coda
Sperm whale head containing spermaceti organ (c) and junk compartment (f), believed to act as acoustic lenses, together forming a bent, conical horn of about 10 m in length that emits sound at the phonic lips (i). Illustration by Alex Boersma
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