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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the trainers at the Pittsburgh zoo, especially S. Schreib and K. Kello, who
helped us immensely with the simultaneous filming sessions. We are also grateful to J.R.
Wible and S.B. McLaren of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
for access to odontocete skeletal specimens and photographic equipment.
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