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Baleen whales, or Mysticetes, are filter feeders. They suck in water and strain it to get the tiny animals, which they then swallow. The baleen acts like a strainer or seize to trap these planktors.
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Which group of whales eats krill?
Baleen Whales eat krill using the Baleen in their mouth.
What are the plates called in a whales mouth?
Baleen plates are used by baleen whales to filter krill out of a mouthful of sea water.
What name is given to toothless whales that use their mouth like a sieve?
== == Baleen Whales
WHAT DO BALEEN WHALES LEARN?
Baleen whales eat krill, zooplankton and small fish swarming in large schools. Because baleen whales have no teeth, they are believed to uses their enormous tongue to move food trapped inside the baleen, to squeeze water out of the mouth, and to assist the action of swallowing.
Do minke whales eat dogfish?
No, because a minke whale is a baleen whale and also a rorqual( a suborder of baleen whales) and what they do is expand their thoat pleets to open their mouth really wide and then close the mouth to catch krill,not dogfish,in the mouth then filter out the water.
What type of the 2 whales called that have a comb shaped inside of the mouth?
Baleen whales, or Mysticeti. There are fifteen species, not two.
What is the purpose of Baleen?
Baleen whales eat krill, zooplankton and small fish swarming in large schools. Because baleen whales have no teeth, they are believed to uses their enormous tongue to move food trapped inside the baleen, to squeeze water out of the mouth, and to assist the action of swallowing.
Are killer whales teeth sharp?
No. There are toothed whales and baleen whales. Baleen whales do not have teeth; the baleen is like a strainer that hangs down from the upper part of the mouth and lets the whale catch plankton, shrimp, small squid, and other small sea creatures. ([P.S] Hope I helped you)
What are any of the several baleen whales?
Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth. Living Mysticeti species have teeth only during the embryonal phase. Fossil Mysticeti had teeth before baleen evolved. The suborder contains four families and fourteen species.
How do blue whales catch fishes?
blue whales open their mouth with their baleen teeth and just center and swim so it goes into its mouth and then the blue whale swallows its prey.
What marine mammals have comb-like plates for capturing food?
The mammals are the baleen whales. The combs within its mouth are used to rake tiny krill from seawater. Some baleen whales are the bowhead whale and the gray whale.
Where do gray whales find there food?
Everywhere, actually. Gray whales are baleen whales, which means they have a thick, straw looking, thing in their mouths instead of teeth. Baleen is grey. When Gray Whales get hungry they suck in a huge mouthful of water, with their mouth open. Krill, very small sea creatures get stuck behind the baleen and the whale pushes the seawater out. The baleen acts as a filter, trapping the krill. All the whales have to do next is swallow. Krill are wherever whales are, which is almost everywhere.
