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Menopause is a rather rare phenomenon. And yet a study published in\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/em>\u00a0reveals that the females of two species of cetaceans \u2013 the beluga and the narwhal \u2013 join the ranks of the select menopausal club that includes short-finned pilot whales, killer whales and\u2026 humans! In all these species, females live many years after their reproductive system has gradually stopped functioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Menopause is a rather rare phenomenon. And yet a study published in\u00a0Scientific Reports\u00a0reveals that the females of two species of cetaceans \u2013 the beluga and the narwhal \u2013 join the ranks of the select menopausal club that includes short-finned pilot whales, killer whales and\u2026 humans! In all these species, females live many years after their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[20,507,493],"class_list":["post-43359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-beluga-en","tag-menopause-en","tag-narwhal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMenopause in belugas and narwhals - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Menopause is a rather rare phenomenon. 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