Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they ...
The blue whale has one of the largest appetites of any animal, eating up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales, which have baleen plates, feed by taking huge mouthfuls of water and food. They ...
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Blue WhaleBlue whales can live for up to 40 years. The blue whale is a carnivorous animal that doesn’t have proper teeth. Instead, it has baleen plates in its mouth to help it filter and feed on small prey.
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Only 50 Rice’s Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It’s Too Late?Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...
Most baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti), such as blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus ... Instead of teeth, these whales use baleen plates to filter-feed on small prey like krill, plankton, and ...
The water it takes in at the same time as its food is pushed out of the mouth by its enormous tongue, through strainer-like baleen plates which hang down from the upper jaw. Watch how a blue whales ...
A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.
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