Scientists believe beluga whales make shapes with the squishy bit of fat on their foreheads to talk to each other. Sometimes called the 'canaries of the sea', belugas are known for communicating ...

Beluga whales appear to change the shape of their heads during encounters with one another in what scientists believe is a form of ... "Melon shapes occurred 34 times more frequently during ...

They can move their melon (the name for the bulb of fat on their heads) in many ways - from squashing it down against their skull to shaking it so it jiggles like jelly. Image source, Justin T ...

Because the melon is made of lipids or fatty tissue, it's flexible and can change shape. That allows the beluga to make different facial expressions, reports the World Wildlife Fund .

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.

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 ...

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.

Two belugas at an aquarium bob their heads up and down, shaking their blobs of forehead fat — called melons — at one another. One of five distinct melon shapes that the whales make, “shake ...

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.

Beluga whales appear to communicate by altering their head shape, according to new research. Photo from Insung Yoon, UnSplash You’ve heard of talking heads on TV.