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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.
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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.
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 kinds of whale are there?
Blue Whale Orca/ Killer Whale Gray Whale Humpback Whale Sai Whale Fin Whale Beluga Whale Sperm Whale Bowhead Whale Right Whale Long- Finned Pilot Whale Pilot Whale Narwhal Beaked WHale and many more...
How many teeths in the mouth of whale?
Variable, and they're called baleen.
How many blowholes does a baleen whale have?
one, stupid gitt, the bowhead whale has two u wart
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.
What kind of whale is the pacific life whale?
The Blue Whale is the largest animal on earth.
How many animals have more than 100hundred teeth?
Mmm I would say possibly a baleen whale. Each strand of baleen is a tooth if I remember correctly, and they have a rather large amount of baleen in their mouths.
What species of whales are being killed?
There are 13 species of great whales many of which exist as separate populations in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Southern Hemisphere oceans: Bowhead (or Greenland right whale), North Atlantic right whale, North Pacific right whale, Southern right whale, Gray whale, Blue whale, Fin whale, Sei whale, Bryde's whale, Common minke whale, Antarctic minke whale, Humpback whale and Sperm whale. The first twelve of these are baleen (whalebone) whales, filter feeders with baleen plates instead of teeth and the sperm whale is the largest toothed whale. Out of these species of whales eight of them are classed as 'endangered' species and one classed as 'vulnerable' species. The rest have either been classed as 'least concerned' or 'Data Deficient'. DD means no sufficient data about that particular species to make a valid classification of the conservation status/threat the species is in. However, for the whales that is classed as 'DD' is most likely either threatened of a vulnerable species.
How many bones does a gray whale have?
zero
How many years does a blue toothed whale live up to?
A blue toothed whale is not a defined animal. Blue whales are baleen whales, not toothed.
If the average weight of a gray whale is 16 tons about how many pounds does a gray whale weigh?
On average, 32000 pounds.
