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Figure 3: Bonner, W. N. (1980) Whales, Blandford Press Ltd
Figure 3 The generation and reception of sound in the head of a dolphin. The melon acts as an acoustic lens, focusing the clicks, while the oil-filled cavity of the lower jaw acts as an acoustic pipe, conducting sound to the ear