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Bottle-nosed Whales
These whales are rare on our coasts and comparatively little is known of their habits. They are intermediate between the sperm whales and dolphins, both in size and structure. They all possess protruding snouts and have never more than two teeth. The front of the skull enlarges with age, the forehead becoming vertical or even projecting in very old individuals. Three species are known on our coast.