pentadactyl limb

Whales Have Five Fingers Hidden in Their Flippers, Necropsy Revealed

Whales Have Five Fingers Hidden in Their Flippers As Seen in Necropsy; What Is It For?

Medicine & Technology Sep 17, 2021

A necropsy of a beaked whale by researchers from Denmark shows that whales have hand-like appendages underneath their flippers, a pentadactyl limb that has five finger-like bony protrusions.

pentadactyl limb

Whales Have Five Fingers Hidden in Their Flippers As Seen in Necropsy; What Is It For?

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