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It depends on the whale. Whales are generally divided into two groups. One is the toothed whales, which are carnivorous. The other group is the baleen whales, which use baleen to strain plankton from the ocean waters. Plankton is the term applied to an extremely broad group of tiny living things that inhabit a particular zone or depth range in the waters. And there are some that are animals, and some that are plants - which is where we were going with our explanation. The toothed whales are carnivorous, and the baleen whales strain tiny animals and plants from the ocean. Since the baleen whales eat both the tiny plants and animals, they probably aren't herbivores. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on whales and on plankton. Surf on over and have a look.

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