What is a Blowhole?

This video answers the question: what is a blowhole? If you look at this dolphin / porpoise skull, it all makes sense. A blowhole is basically a set of nostrils on the very top of an animal's head. Dolphins, porpoise, and whales all have blowholes. 

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Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

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