Bowhead whales are baleen whales.
Baleen whales eat krill (by filtering it through their baleen plates; hence the name).
Baleen
Baleen whales belong in the whale family called the rorqual.
Baleen Whales.
baleen whales are much larger than toothed whales
== == Baleen Whales
All whales incl baleen whales are warm blooded.
Yes, right whales are baleen whales. They have no teeth. They have baleen, whalebone, to strain out water and keep in plankton, krill and shrimp to swallow and eat.
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.
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.
Minke whales are baleen whales, not toothed ones. Hope this helped.