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The Northern Right Whale
Also, North Atlantic right whale and black right whale SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eubalaena glacialis, family Balaenidae (baleen whales) HISTORIC RANGE: From the coast of Labrador to Delaware Bay, and south to the Gulf ... these tiny animals, the whales swim open-mouthed to allow the water to pass over their baleen plates, which hang down from the upper jaw and are effective strainers. Fluctuations in the ...
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Lives of Whales
The baleen plates are 1-3cm (1/2-1 inch) apart and fringed internally with fibres forming a ... do not carry out the regular annual migrations between the warmer and colder seas characteristic of the baleen whales, although there are regular seasonal shifts of the sperm whale populations. The females, juveniles and ...
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Migration of the Southern Humpback Whales
Index | Next Page | 3 How do the Humpback whales catch these small creatures? ABOVE: The baleen plates can be clearly seen in this picture of a humpback with its mouth open, ... cornified papillae are tubular in shape and elongate and coalesce with their neighbor to form baleen plates (Slijper, 1979)." Scource: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2000. [Editors: Perrin, Wursing and Thewissen] | Previous ...
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CRESLI's fin whale page
Fin whales have asymmetrically colored jaws and baleen plates. The right side lower jaw and the baleen on its tip are white, while the left side are dark. This ... fin whale has an asymmetrically colored head, with the right side of the lower jaw (and its baleen) being white, while the left side is much darker. Asymmetry is head coloration is also seen on ...
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Right Whales and Fishing Gear
Research Station Oct 23, 2002 ight whales were hunted to near extinction for their blubber and baleen plates (IWC 1986). They were protected from commercial whaling beginning in 1937 but despite this, ... themselves of most of the gear but rope and sometimes floats remain, tangled through the baleen, wrapped around flippers, around the body and the tail stock. At present, disentanglement of right ...
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Whales - History
Whale oil was used for candles, light fuel, soap, heating and lubricant. Baleen, often referred to as "whalebone" is strong and flexible and was used in corsetry, bookbinding, whip and ... "right" whale to hunt because they float when dead, yielded many barrels of oil, and long baleen plates. The also come very close to shore and move slowly. The whalers would watch for whales ...
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Whales - Biology
How do Southern Right Whales feed? Southern Right Whales are 'baleen whales' - instead of teeth they have comb-like baleen plates. When closed, their highly arched mouth covers the plates ... crustaceans. As the water strains out through the spaces between the baleen, the crustaceans become trapped against the bristly plates and are swallowed. How do whales swim? Whales do not swim ...
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Marine Vertebrates - MarineBio.org
Whales are divided into the Baleen whales and the Toothed whales. Both types of whales have highly developed senses, blubber to keep warm and long bodies enabling them to swim quickly. Baleen whales have baleen plates instead of teeth composed of rigid fibers that act like a filter to catch ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Steller Sea Lions Northern Fur Seals Guadalupe Fur Seals Sea Otters Cetaceans Toothed Whales Dolphins & Porpoises Baleen Whales Manatees Polar Bears Endangered Marine Mammals Resources for Teachers Kids Only! Blubber Experiment Blubber vs. ... fish such as krill or herring, and plankton out of the water. Their 270 to 400 baleen plates are dark and each is about two and a half feet long. Humpbacks use ...
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Species
The Humpback is less slender than the other baleen whales. Their coloration varies. However, they have long white flippers that are unmistakable characteristics. The name ... are stocky with large flippers and huge arching lips that cover and protect their delicate baleen plates. They are black with white patches and some occasional brown markings. Both the males ...
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