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How ancient sea monsters got rid of salt


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 Ancient sea monsters inadvertently swallowed mouthfuls of seawater whenever they gulped down prey, but they had a stealthy trick to get rid of all that salt.

Their secret? Salt-secreting glands, which removed any salt surpluses, Judy Massare, a professor emerita in the Earth Sciences Department at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, said here at a presentation today (Oct. 17) at the 78th annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 

https://www.livescience.com/63851-sea-monster-salt-glands.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6290203/Ancient-sea-monsters-leaked-sea-water-SNOUTS-special-glands.html

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