Beluga whales like this one at Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium sport a blob of forehead fat called a “melon.” The cetaceans contort the melon into different shapes, possibly to communicate ...

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The beluga whale’s “melon”—a tech­nical term—is a mass of fat tissue on its forehead that helps to project sounds for echolocation.And new research suggests that despite whales ...

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One of the beluga’s most recognizable features is its round forehead known as a “melon.” This squishy tissue can change shape to help the whales direct sounds through the water.

Captive beluga whales warp their forehead fat, called melons, into distinct shapes when they’re around other belugas, Elizabeth Anne Brown reported in “Belugas may communicate via ‘melons ...