Figure 11. Mouth opening EMR as compared to the Basal Metabolic Rate of terrestrial mammals.
Ratios calculated for humpback (diamonds), fin (squares), blue (triangles) and minke whales (starburst). Note that the 33 m blue whale is non-extant.
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