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The longest baleen on record is that of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), which can reach 14 ft (4.3 m) in length.
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How long is the Baleen whale?
2" long
What part of a whale is called balleen?
Baleen whales have a baleen instead of teeth. They are like toothbrushes, bristly on the inside, and can be several feet long. Baleen whales use their baleen to eat food.
How long does a baleen whale spend feeding?
i do not no
Are toothed whales or baleen whales bigger?
Baleen whales are technically larger than tooth whales because the blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, but the sperm whale, which is a tooth whale, is pretty large.The baleen whales are normally larger, except for the sperm whale, which can be as long as many baleen whales.
What is a sentence with the word baleen?
What does baleen mean? This could be a sentence. Baleen = the horny, elastic plates that hang down in fringed, parallel columns from the upper jaw or palate of baleen whales and serve as a strainer that catches plankton while a whale is feeding The baleen plates of a blue whale may be up to 1 meter long
Is a blue whale baleen or toothed?
a baleen whale
How many baleen plates are in a gray whale?
Baleen whales have a series of 130-180 fringed, overlapping baleen plates hanging like curtains from each side of the upper jaw. Baleen is made of a fingernail-like material called keratin. The plates are off-white and about 2-10 inch long. Baleen plates filter water out and trap food in, the baleen is replaced about every 5 years.
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.
1.What special feature does a baleen whale have to let it eat the food it eat the food it wants?
Baleen Whales filter their food. They are filter feeders. They take in a lot of water and their baleen plates filter the food from the water.
Are Gray Whales baleen or toothed?
Baleen.
What is baleen and what is the purpose?
Baleen is the filter system baleen whales use to feed on microscopic organisms.
What group is a humpback whale in baleen or toothed?
baleen
