Some whales use huge baleen plates to collect their food. These plates keep the tiny krill inside the whales' mouths while letting them squeeze out excess water.
Some whales collect food with a plate called a baleen. See the Related Link listed below for more information:
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Baleen plates - which are made out of a protein called keratin. Baleen whales have several hundred baleen plates that they use to filter their food from the sea water.
Some whales use filter feeders.
they use them for food or some people just like killing whales
They use their giant mouths.
Whales are primarily hunted for food. Some cultures use the whale's blubber for oil as well. More whales are hunted in Japan than in any other country.
Baleen is the fibers that Whales that have teeth are toothed whales and their teeth are called teeth. Baleen whales don't have teeth. They have tooth like plates similar to fingernails.Read more http://www.kgbanswers.com/what-are-whales-teeth-called-lexington/4680487#ixzz1GGQztYRImostWhales use to filter their food out of water
Whales, that are filter feeders, use baleen plates to sieve their main food of krill.
Whales use their baleen to filter food out of the water.
Humpback Whales don't have teeth. They just swallow everything they eat.
They're being hunted for use as dog food as you read this.