By 
Joy Reidenberg
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TED-Ed Original

How whales breathe communicate ... and fart with their faces

Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg studies the body structure of many different animals in the hope of adapting their unique qualities for human applications. Her favorite? Whales. In this TEDYouth Talk Reidenberg explains how these majestic awe-inspiring mammals "fart with their face" (a process more formally known as echolocation) to send their unique sounds through the water.

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