{"id":1153,"date":"2020-07-25T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T19:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T16:53:50","slug":"beluga-squishy-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/beluga-squishy-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Beluga whale&#8217;s squishy head explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>TikTok<\/strong> video became viral in the last couple of days. In this video, you can see a person <strong>pressing<\/strong> their hand on a beluga whale&#8217;s squishy head. The video had a lot of people enraged because they believed the person was mistreating the whale by pressing on its brain. We decided to write this post to debunk the myth about the beluga&#8217;s head. The squishy part is <strong>not<\/strong> the brain. It is the <strong>melon<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Beluga Whale&#039;s squishy head\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdZOVOEY-WE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A melon in a head?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So what is a melon? It is an organ that looks like a pocket filled with fat. Its function is to direct and\/or change the frequency of the whale&#8217;s sound waves. It basically acts as a lens for better communication and echolocation. Echolocation or biosonar is the ability to project sound and listen to its echoes to visualize your surroundings. Cetaceans use echolocation to feed, travel, and communicate. Beluga whales are famous for being masters at echolocation. They can <strong>wiggle<\/strong> and change the shape of their melon at will to direct sound. They are famously called &#8220;the canaries of the seas&#8221; because they are one of the most <strong>vocal<\/strong> species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Squishy squishy &#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The melon contains <strong>oil and wax<\/strong>. This is why it looks so <strong>squishy<\/strong>. A beluga&#8217;s brain, however, is well protected and located inside their skull, as you can see in the image below. No risk to the brain then, if you press on the melon. However, you should absolutely not be pressing this hard on a whale&#8217;s head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whalescientists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-25-at-12.29.04-1.png?resize=788%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beluga head anatomy\" class=\"wp-image-1158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whalescientists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-25-at-12.29.04-1.png?w=788&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whalescientists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-25-at-12.29.04-1.png?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whalescientists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-25-at-12.29.04-1.png?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Illustration by Uko Gorter &#8211; \u00a9 NOAA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the beluga in the viral TikTok video did not suffer brain damage during the recording of the clip, we would like to state that we do not support captivity when it is only for <strong>entertainment<\/strong> purposes. When possible, beluga whales should live with their pods, <strong>free<\/strong>, in the wide Arctic Ocean.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are curious about beluga whales, check out our post about <a href=\"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/hvaldimir\/\">Hvaldimir, the beluga Russian spy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reading. Let us know what you think about this post down below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TikTok video became viral in the last couple of days. In this video, you can see a person pressing their hand on a beluga whale&#8217;s squishy head. The video had a lot of people enraged because they believed the person was mistreating the whale by pressing on its brain. 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