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Baleen is a skin derivative. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have baleen of differing lengths. Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of whales. Depending on the species, a baleen plate can be 0.5 to 3.5 m (1.6 to 11.5 ft) long, and weigh ...
The bowhead whale is a filter feeder, and feeds by swimming forward with its mouth wide open. [19] It has hundreds of overlapping baleen plates consisting of keratin hanging from each side of the upper jaw. The mouth has a large, upturning lip on the lower jaw that helps to reinforce and hold the baleen plates within the mouth.
A toddler in China had a great time making friends with a playful beluga whale - until the whale made a “friendly” face. The wide open mouth scared the little girl, who turned around to her ...
The skim-feeders are right whales, gray whales, pygmy right whales, and sei whales (which also lunge feed). To feed, skim-feeders swim with an open mouth, filling it with water and prey. Prey must occur in sufficient numbers to trigger the whale's interest, be within a certain size range so that the baleen plates can filter it, and be slow ...
Whale sharks possess a broad, flattened head with a large mouth and two small eyes located at the front corners. [14] [15] Unlike many other sharks, whale shark mouths are located at the front of the head rather than on the underside of the head. [16] A 12.1 m (39.7 ft) whale shark was reported to have a mouth 1.55 m (5.1 ft) across. [17]
After the interview, Kimmel gave the huge whale mouth to Packard. The movie shows it being delivered to him in Provincetown; he later sat in it as part of the Eastham Windmill Weekend.
The right whales' diets consist primarily of zooplankton, primarily the tiny crustaceans called copepods, as well as krill, and pteropods, although they are occasionally opportunistic feeders. As with other baleens, they feed by filtering prey from the water. They swim with an open mouth, filling it with water and prey.