Why don't the blue whale have teeth?

Answer 1

Blue Whales and Humpback Whales, (and a few other less known species) don't have teeth because they don't "chew" anything. They are "filter feeders". Whales, the largest creatures on earth, subsist on a diet of one of the smallest creatures in the ocean, Krill.

Krill, are small shrimp-like invertebrates, are found in all oceans of the world. They gather in "Swarms" that can have a biomass of several thousand tons. Whales feed on these swarms by opening their huge mouths, swimming into the swarm, scooping up huge mouth-fulls of Krill and water. Then the the water is pushed out through the baleen, (an upper jaw bone that has filter combs) and the the Krill remain as food source for the whale

Answer 2

No. Blue whales do not have teeth. They are one of the "Baleen" whales, having baleen which is a type of filter to help collect krill, plankton and small fish on which they feed.

Answer 3

No. Blue whales do not have teeth of any size. They are one of the "Baleen" whales, having baleen which is a type of filter to help collect krill, plankton and small fish on which they feed.

Answer 4

Gray whales belong to the Group of baleen whales, filter feeders. They don't have teeth, more like an arrangement of Combs, sieves to Catch krill and small fish.

Answer 5

No. Blue whales do not have teeth at all. They are one of the "Baleen" whales, having baleen which is a type of filter to help collect krill, plankton and small fish on which they feed.

Answer 6

No, blue whales dont have teeth of any size. they are "baleen" whales and that acts like a filter for plankton and other small creatures.

Answer 7

90

Answer 8

yes 90

Answer 9

No a whale do not have any teeth, but a killer whale do teeth because they use their teeth to kill their enimies

Answer 10

because they don't need to chew they just swallow