The whales and dolphins : die Waltiere, Cetacea, Kiti : (a zoological mnemonic). Pt. II / by Richard John Anderson.

  • Anderson, Richard John, 1848-1914.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The whales and dolphins : die Waltiere, Cetacea, Kiti : (a zoological mnemonic). Pt. II / by Richard John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    This is in Inia to see. Now Caudal bones in front are squeezed From side to side, so flexions eased, But where are fastened flukes of tail A lateral bulging does prevail. Under the transverse bars there go Arteries that distinctly show, And give off branches that ascend To dorsal part on which they end; Thus two foramina one sees In segments vertebral of these. Now neck’s so short, and tail so long, They thus are made to steer along. The soft parts so fill in the neck And make it level with the back Neck’s not present to the letter, Whale can thus move all the better. A fish-like form does thus conduce, Quite easy, motion to produce. The foll’wing holds for most of whales, Asymmetry in some prevails, So that the bones so oddly grow ’Tis hard their proper names to know. The skull in whales does wide extend, And with the body nearly blend. Occipital comes frontal to And shuts parietal from view. Interparietals intervene Bones parietal between. At sides and back the latter trace, The Sphenoid’s always in the base The Nasals, then, you always find Interparietals touch behind, Frontals with borders very thin To touch the Nasals reach far in. Nasals abut upon below Mesethmoids, everyone should know.
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