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Songs resonated with people as something that individuals did, and was not just some feature of a species like their baleen or the shape of their flippers.
THE MAN WHO SEDUCED THE WORLD WITH WHALE SONGS - ISSUE 105: WHALE SONGSSTUART FIRESTEINSEPTEMBER 8, 2021NAUTILUSThat baleen is made of keratin — the same stuff as hair — and lets the whale filter krill and other small invertebrates from the water to eat.
LET’S LEARN ABOUT WHALES AND DOLPHINSSARAH ZIELINSKIJUNE 22, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSEarlier sea ice melting and warmer surface water means more krill and other food for these baleen feeders.
IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, CLIMATE CHANGE HAS TRANSFORMED THE ARCTICCURTIS SEGARRADECEMBER 9, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe ulna and radius in the rorquals are also comparatively longer than in the baleen whales.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLONROBERT A. STERNDALEIn this respect it differs much from the baleen whales, which have a narrow gullet.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLONROBERT A. STERNDALEThe baleen is then cut out, and the carcase abandoned to the sharks, killer whales, and sea birds.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLONROBERT A. STERNDALEMany of them grow to enormous size, far exceeding any of the baleen whales.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLONROBERT A. STERNDALESo, also, the baleen of the whale and the teeth of the land mammalia are different organs.
VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATIONROBERT CHAMBERSTwo of these, the bowhead or Greenland whale, and its more widely distributed close relative the right whale, are baleen whales.
WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTICSTEPHEN LEATHERWOODThe letter in parentheses indicates whether the species is a baleen (B) or a toothed (T) whale.
WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTICSTEPHEN LEATHERWOODWORDS RELATED TO BALEEN
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