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Are Baleen whales and Blue whales the same?
Definition for Baleen Whale: Any whale that has baleen or is a odontocetes whale.So, they are not technically same thing, but a blue whale is a type of baleen or odontocetes whale. This is because other whales have baleen, such as the Right Whale.
Why is a whale shark a baleen whale?
its not. its a type of shark.
What type of whale has teeth made of keratin?
Baleen whale
WHAT Is the diet of a whale?
Depends on what type of Whale. Baleen, toothed etc.
What are the 2 main types of whale?
Baleen is one type of whale
What type of animal has names known as humpback and baleen?
Whale.
What type of nervous system does a baleen whale have?
central, bilateral, dorsal
What is the type of whale that sieves tiny food through comp like structures in its mouth?
The type of whale that has those tiny comb like structures are baleen whales.
What type of whale hunt and kills prey using its teeth?
toothed whales or/ and baleen whales
What do baleen whales do after filtering small animals from the water?
Swallow them. That is how that type of whale gets its food.
Where is the blue whale in the foodchain?
The Blue whale is a type of whalebone or baleen whale and eats krill. Like all baleen whales they have specialized plates of bone instead of teeth. The bones strain krill (small shrimp like crustaceans) from the sea which is their food.
How does a blue whale get food?
The Blue Whale is a baleen whale, in place of teeth it has rows of a plastic type material like fibre/glass rods strung together like a brushwood fence. The whale swims through shoals of Krill/Plankton and takes in large volumes of water and suirts it through the baleen filtering out its food. The water is ejected and the krill swalled. A piece of trivia for you. The old whale bone corsets were not made of bone, they were made from baleen
