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Do gray whales have baleen?
Gray whales are baleen whales. The Sperm whale is the only really big toothed whale.
Do humpback whales eat or hunt dolphins?
Baleen whales don't eat Dolphins. Baleen whaled can't eat Dolphins. Baleen whales are filter feeders. They don't have the teeth to take a dolphin apart, and can't swallow anything that big.
Is a baleen whale a toothed whale?
Baleen whales and toothed whales are two DIFFERENT kinds of whales. A whale can only be either-or. Baleen whales are filter feeders, they eat a "soup" of small stuff they filter out from the sea. Toothed whales eat things big enough to catch one by one, or to bite chunks out of.
Do humpback whales eat beluga whales?
Humpbacks are baleen whales, filter feeders. They don't have the teeth to be able to eat anything as big as Belugas.
What is a baleen whale?
Baleen whales are a group of whales that are filter feeders. Instead of teeth they have baleens which are long plates acting as a sieve. They take a big gulp of water and filter out the krill, small fish etc and swallow.
Do dolphine stay near the surface like baleen whales?
Sometimes, but like baleen whales dolphins can jump out of the water, get a big breath and go catch some food. Then they go straight back to the surface for another big breath. Because like us they have lungs!
Why dont blue whales eat sharks and other whales even if they are so big that they could eat a bus?
Because they have baleen, not teeth. Baleen are long strips of a material that is similar to fingernails, which are in their mouth. Through the baleen they strain the water of the ocean, to get food of small marine animals. They also only have a throat big enough to fit a book
What kind of food baleen whales eat?
Baleen whales use their baleen plates to filter feed. They eat small fish, krill and plankton.
How big is a baleen whale?
There are several species of baleen whales, and the're different in size. Baleen whales include some of the largest suborders of whales, the blue whales, humpback whales, gray whales and right whales. The blue whale is the largest. It can grow to 33 meters or 110 feet. The blue whale can also weigh as much as 280 metric tons or 200 short tons.
Can humpback whales eat fin whales?
No. Humpbacks belong to the group of baleen whales - filter feeders. They can't swallow big things and they don't have the teeth to bite things apart or chew.
Has a whale got teeth?
It depends, there are two types of whales, baleen whales and toothed whales, toothed whales as you would expect have teeth for chewing or tearing into food, examples are dolphins and killer whales. But baleen whales like the humpback do not have teeth at all instead they have a plate of bone like material made up of the same material as finger nails, which they use to filter feed.
How much would you have to pay for a blue whales tooth?
It depends on how big the tooth is but it should cost around £15.00 - £25.00. Blue Whales do not have teeth as such; they have baleen plates.
