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STW - Blue Whale
These throat grooves expand to accommodate 40 to 50 tons of water and krill. The pouch, when ... now be made on how quickly they begin to work on a fresh carcass. A good look at the ventral pleats on the underside of the whale. These expand when the whale feeds on large schools of krill. Save ...
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STW - Sei Whale
The sei belongs to the Balanopteridae, or rorqual whales, that have numerous ventral grooves and a dorsal fin. Balanopteridae is from a Danish word meaning "tubed" or "pleated" whale. ... to feed on small schools of fish and even squid. It has between 30 and 60 ventral pleats in its throat. It feeds by skimming and swallowing usually in surface waters. Food is ...
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The Giant Salamanders
Spawning occurs in April and May with large yolked eggs. Larvae hatch out to two and ... yellowish flecks or spots. Differs from Lesser Siren by the larger size and more (36-40) costal grooves. The Greater Siren inhabits most of the Coastal Plain, favoring muddy, weed-choked ditches, swamps, ponds, ...
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Alan's Garter Snakes - Maintenance of Garter Snakes
I find it helps to cut grooves along it before freezing it, and then you can simply snap off a strip from frozen as required. ... lie. This can be seen, even in juvenile garter snakes, with practice. A, B & C - Female tail; ventral and lateral views. The tail base enlargement noticeable in some females (see B) appear to be male glands, ...
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Ambystoma annulatum (Cope, 1886) Ringed Salamander
The ventral side varies in color from light gray to yellowish, with light colored scattered spots. Adults are fossorial ... approximately 6-8.5 inches from snout to tip of tail. There are typically 15 costal grooves. Newly metamorphosed juveniles are drab green to dark gray dorsally, with grayish-yellow bellies, and a row ...
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Ambystoma barbouri (Kraus & Petranka, 1989) Streamside Salamander
Ambystoma barbouri is light gray to dark brown with tan or lighter gray streaks. The ventral side is usually slightly lighter than the dorsum, with lighter colored blotches. Adults can reach 4-7 inches from the snout to the tip of the tail, with 14 or 15 costal grooves. Males are slightly smaller than females. Adult female populations in southwestern Ohio populations are approximately 8% ...
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Species
Its color is darker on the back and sides with lighter coloration in the ventral region. In adult males, two mandibular teeth erupt about one-third of the way back from the ... , pronounced beak, position of blowhole in the indentation behind the forehead and the two V-shaped throat grooves that are characteristic of Beaked Whales. This species tends to be black to dark gray on the ...
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Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
They also have 30-65 relatively short ventral pleats that extend from below the mouth to the naval area. The number of throat grooves and baleen plates may differ depending on geographic population. When at the water's surface, sei whales can be sighted by a columnar or bushy ...
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Phylum Brachiopoda
Order Neotremata : the foramen is limited to the ventral valve. Examples : Lingula, Cardia, Discinisca, Glottidia. C. Testicardina or Articulata : More numerous. Enterocoelic, radial segmentation, viviparous. Peduncle not retractable, mostly formed of connective tissue. Hinged valves bearing grooves and teeth (parallel to the valva). The space between the pedicle and the ...
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