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Baleen is a filter-feeding
system inside the
mouths of
baleen whales. To use
baleen, the
whale first opens its
mouth underwater to take in water. The...
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Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also
known as
whalebone whales, are
marine mammals of the
parvorder Mysticeti in the
infraorder Cetacea (whales,
dolphins and...
- parvorders,
baleen whales (Mysticeti) and
toothed whales (Odontoceti), are
thought to have
diverged around thirty-four
million years ago.
Baleen whales have...
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Mount Baleen (65°36′S 62°12′W / 65.600°S 62.200°W / -65.600; -62.200) is a
prominent peak of 910 m and of
pyramidal shape when
viewed from L****n Ice...
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archaeocetes and
early baleen whales. The
presence of
baleen in
baleen whales occurred gradually, with
earlier varieties having very
little baleen, and
their size...
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cetaceans diverged about 54
million years ago. The two
parvorders of whales,
baleen whales (Mysticeti) and
toothed whales (Odontoceti), are
thought to have...
- Some
animals that use this
method of
feeding are clams, krill, sponges,
baleen whales, and many fish (including some sharks). Some birds, such as flamingos...
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Baleen basketry is a
particular type of basketry, an
Alaska Native art made from
whale baleen developed in Barrow,
Point Hope, and Wainwright, Alaska...
- The blue
whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a
marine mammal and a
baleen whale.
Reaching a
maximum confirmed length of 29.9
meters (98 ft) and
weighing up...
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species of
baleen whale belonging to the
family Balaenidae and is the only
living representative of the
genus Balaena. It is the only
baleen whale endemic...
