dolphins use their melons to produce sound waves.
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∙ 14y agothe melon allows the dolphin to echolocate its food by rebounding sound off of surfaces back to the melon or to communicate with other dolphins.
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∙ 14y agodolphin melons are in front of the dolphins brain, it allows the dolphin to sense its food from miles away by using echolocation.
Because its Shaped Like One
no the melon is used to help them focus on the sounds they sent off during echolocation
bottlenose dolphins, spinner dolphins, melon-headed whale, killer whale(orca) and common dolphins are found worldwide mainly offshore in warm seas
The fancy/other name for a dolphins name is a called a melon.
Melon. Try googling 'Melon whales' and the information is in Wikipedia. My reason for wanting the answer is that a clue in a general knowledge crossword was about this.
The body parts of a dolphin is... Beack, Blowhole, Dorsal fin, Ears, Eyes, Fluke, Flipper, Median, a Notch and a Melon.
The body parts of a dolphin is... Beack, Blowhole, Dorsal fin, Ears, Eyes, Fluke, Flipper, Median, a Notch and a Melon.
Peponocephala electra is commonly called the melon-headed whale as well as many-toothed blackfish and electra dolphin. Their primary diet is squid. They live far off shore in all the world's tropical and subtropical oceans.
cantaloupe
Melon scratcher..Melon = head so melon scratcher is a head scratcher or puzzler.
melon
no lemon, no melon