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dolphins use their melons to produce sound waves.

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the 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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dolphin melons are in front of the dolphins brain, it allows the dolphin to sense its food from miles away by using echolocation.

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