baleen

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So the baleen plates are lighter colored, they look a little bit more like sky, whereas the tongue looks more like the darkness you'd see if you look down in the water.

From Salon

They lunge fast, open their mouths and use baleen plates to “filter” the water out before swallowing the fish, Dr. Robbins said in a statement.

From New York Times

Several other kinds of whales can be found in the Gulf, but Rice’s whales are the only baleen whales living there year-round.

From Seattle Times

Humpbacks are filter feeders, unique among baleen whales in their ability to exploit a wide range of prey, from krill, to crab, squid, herring, sand lance and sardines.

From Seattle Times

The whale species, which is the only truly Arctic baleen whale and a staple of Indigenous peoples’ diets, is finding food to be more abundant thanks to increases in the amount of open water.

From Washington Post