Whale lice: the unexpected passengers on North American Right Whales. North American Right Whales are born with a unique patch of toughened thick skin known as callosities. As the whale grows, the callosities grow to raised bumps on the whale’s head. The callosities then become home to tiny crustaceans known as cyamids, or whale lice! The cyamids cause no harm to the whale, feed on the skin, and travel from one whale to another. Much is still unknown about the relationship between whales and cya
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