Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...

Learn all humpback whales, giant sirens of the sea - from where they live to what they eat, and why they don't have teeth ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

Baleen whales are incredible at filter feeding; they became the largest animals on the planet by eating huge amounts of tiny food. Now, a local scientist is trying to find out if the same system that ...

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