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Science 6 May 1960:
Vol. 131. no. 3410, pp. 1379 - 1380
DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3410.1379
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Physiological Measurements on a Live Whale

John Kanwisher 1 and Alfred Senft 1

1 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Temperature, respiration, and electrocardiographic measurements were made on a stranded 45-ft. finback whale. This proved to be a practical means of getting physiological information on the large cetaceans.

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