Male Killer Whales Protected By Post-Menopause Mothers

Male Killer Whales Protected By Post-Menopause Mothers

Eurasia Review

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Post-menopause female killer whales protect their sons – but not their daughters – from fights with other whales, new research shows.

Scientists studied “tooth rake marks” – the scarring left when one whale scrapes their teeth across the skin of another – and found males had fewer marks if their mother was present...

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