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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Humpback Whales | Introduction
Sightings | 2007 Sightings | 2006 Sightings | 2005 Sightings | 2004 Sightings Introduction Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, may be the most unique of the rorqual whales (baleen whales with parallel throat grooves). Big and bulky, they are not built for speed like minke or fin whales. Instead, their massive bodies, up to 15 m (50 feet) and 40 metric tons (45 tons), are ...
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bluewhale
Blue whales are long and streamlined. Their dorsal fins are extremely small, and their pectoral flippers are long and thin. Blue whales are rorqual whales, a family of baleen whales with pleated throat grooves that expand when the animal takes in water while feeding. In ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Blue whales are long and streamlined. Their dorsal fins are extremely small, and their pectoral flippers are long and thin. Blue whales are rorqual whales, a family of baleen whales with pleated throat grooves that expand when the animal takes in water while feeding. In ...
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Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Bryde's whales have three ridges on the top of their heads. All other rorqual whales have just one. This species prefers warmer waters. In fact, it is the only type of baleen whale regularly seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Status MMPA - Bryde's whales, like all marine mammals, are protected under the MMPA. Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea ...
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STW - Sei Whale
WHALE Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) DERIVATION: from the Latin borealis for northern. Also called Rudolph's Rorqual, Coal Fish Whale, and Sardine Whale. The name of the sei whale is derived from a ... and they are usually divided into three families. The sei belongs to the Balanopteridae, or rorqual whales, that have numerous ventral grooves and a dorsal fin. Balanopteridae is from a Danish word ...
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Ocean Alliance - EDUCATION - Whale Education Kit
Words: Cetacean, Indicator Species, Rorqual, Krill Background Information: This first lesson in the WHALE Education Program is designed to give students a sense of enthusiasm about whales. They will hear whale ... answering all of these questions is probably to understand krill, the principal food of baleen whales. (Krill refers to a group of species of ten-legged crustaceans, tiny shrimp, the largest ...
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Ocean Alliance - VOYAGE OF THE ODYSSEY
Watch the Odyssey log: Real Video - >56k >200k June 12, 2001 'Sperm Whale Socialization' "Sperm whales are cosmopolitan animals. They inhabit the blue waters of all of the world's oceans and are ... She described it as tall and thin-obviously the blow of a large, baleen whale, specifically a rorqual." Read more >> Listen to the Odyssey log: Real Audio - >28k February 23, 2001 Coconut Crab "The ...
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Whales of the North Atlantic
Phocoena phocoena nise hnsa humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae knlhval hnfubakur killer whale Orcinus orca spekkhogger hhyrna, hhyrningur lesser rorqual Balaenoptera acutorostrata vgehval hrafnreydur, hrefna long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas, Globicephala melaena grindhval grindhvalur, marsvn minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata vgehval hrafnreydur, ...
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Whale Photos and Dolphin Photos, Photographs of Cetaceans, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Balaenoptera musculus, Pseudorca crassidens, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Megaptera novaeangliae, Eschrichtius robustus, Physeter macrocephalus, blue, sperm, gray, humpback, underwater, cetacean, mysticete, odontocete, rorqual, baleen, ocean, marine, mammal, dolphin, white sided, white-sided, spotted, spinner Bookmark this page HOME | Online Image Search | Photo of the Day ...
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Minke Whales of the St. Lawrence
Recreational activities include walks to local lookouts where you can observe and listen to whales from shore, visits to the whale museum, the use of our library, and local music ... , humpback, finback, and blue whales) congregate in the nutrient-rich waters of the Saguenay-St.Lawrence Marine Park each summer. The main focus lies on the smallest rorqual species, the minke ...
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