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STREAMING BALEEN TANGLES TO TRAP FOOD
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013Diving and plunging through the waves to feed, some whales throw their jaws wide and engulf colossal mouthfuls of fish-laden water while other species simply coast along with their mouths agape (ram or skim feeding).
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A newly discovered species of living baleen whale
Nature, 2003In the late 1970s eight Balaenoptera specimens of unknown identity were caught in the lower latitudinal Indo-Pacific waters by Japanese research whaling vessels. The combination of the allozyme patterns and physical maturity of the eight specimens separated them from all acknowledged Balaenoptera species.
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Multiple origins of gigantism in stem baleen whales
The Science of Nature, 2016Living baleen whales (Mysticeti) include the world's largest animals to have ever lived-blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) can reach more than 30 m. However, the gigantism in baleen whales remains little explored. Here, we compiled all published stem mysticetes from the Eocene and Oligocene and then mapped the estimated body size onto different ...
Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, Naoki Kohno
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2019
During the night of 13 to 14 March, the Nautilus continued on its route southwards. I thought that once at Cape Horn it would set sail for the west, in order to head for the seas of the Pacific and thus complete...
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During the night of 13 to 14 March, the Nautilus continued on its route southwards. I thought that once at Cape Horn it would set sail for the west, in order to head for the seas of the Pacific and thus complete...
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A whale's life, inscribed in baleen
Science, 2015Fibrous keratin can store a chemical record of pregnancies and stress.
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