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Ocean Alliance - FAQ - Whales
These species are divided into two main groups. The toothed whales, or Odonocetes possess teeth, and the baleen whales or Mysticetes are filter feeders. Amazingly it is very likely that there ... and remains an unidentified species. << TOP How can I identify cetaceans in the wild? Identifying whales, dolphins and porpoises in the wild can be a challenge, as some species look alike, others ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Humpback Whales | Introduction
Humpbacks are often considered the best studied of the baleen whales. Despite this, humpbacks are far from well-understood. Throughout their summer range, humpbacks feed ... decades and represents one of the longest running and largest data collections of a wild baleen whale population. Our research has followed the increase of this still endangered species. Hit hard ...
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Sable Island Whales & Dolphins
Sable Island Whales & Dolphins Sable Island Green Horse Society 44N 60W Home Maps etc Sable Island Horses Behaviour Foals New Residents Naming Horses Sambro Bats Birds Wilma birds Bird Lists Beached ... number (4% of the total cetaceans recorded for the island) are "baleen whales" (Mysticeti) such as Fin and Humpback whales. Of the strandings reported from Sable Island, five species - Pygmy and ...
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Lives of Whales
An important part of the hearing mechanism in some species of whales is a horny plug in the ear canal. This has particular acoustic conducting properties which ... 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 ...
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Migration of the Southern Humpback Whales
Hervey Bay in 1997. (Photo: Trish Franklin) Humpbacks are baleen whales which means they have fibrous plates of baleen which hang like curtains from their upper jaw instead of ... tooth buds.[...] The mysticete tooth buds [...] are usually resorbed before birth. The formation of rudimentary baleen plates, which occur concurrently with tooth bud degradation, may be induced by the process of ...
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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 ... feed on small crustaceans in nutrient rich sub-Antarctic waters. When the days become cooler the whales migrate northward to warmer waters. They spend the winter months calving, mating or nursing their young ...
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Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association :: E-Newsletter :: February 2006 :: Killer Whales
Many killer whales have distinctly bent or scarred dorsal fins which help to identify them. The striking juxtaposition ... other fish, while transient pods follow marine mammals, including seals and large baleen whales. Incredibly cunning and crafty, killer whales are often compared to wolves, as they communicate efficiently, hunt in ...
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Whales: The Kids' Times - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
TAY shuhnz). There are two types of whales - toothed (odontocete) and baleen (mysticete). Several species of both toothed and baleen whales have been hunted close to extinction and still face threats to their survival by human activities. Learn more about whales from NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML). Blue whale [pdf] [350 KB] Bowhead whale [pdf] ...
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whales and dolphins
C), for which they have an insulating layer of fat or blubber of up to 50cm thick. Baleen whales. including the blue. fin. humpback right. sei. Bryde’s. bowhead. minke and grey ... and dugongs molluscs seabirds seahorses seals seas fit for seals sharks and rays starfish (the echinoderms) whales and dolphins related pages basking sharks marine turtles alien species surveys | copyright mcs 2008 | data ...
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Whales - History
League of Nations. 1978 All whaling in Australian waters ceased, the last whaling station (for Sperm Whales) being in Albany, Western Australia. 1990s Great Australian Bight Marine Park and Whale Sanctuary established, ... 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 then give chase in boats about ten ...
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