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    Etymology

    The word "baleen" derives from the Latin bālaena, related to the Greek phalaina – both of which mean "whale". See more

    Evolution

    The oldest true fossils of baleen are only 15 million years old because baleen rarely fossilizes, but scientists believe it originated considerably earlier than that. This is indicated by baleen-related skull modificatio… See more

    Filter feeding

    A whale's baleen plates play the most important role in its filter-feeding process. To feed, a baleen whale opens its mouth widely and scoops in dense shoals of prey (such as krill, copepods, small fish, and sometimes … See more

    Mechanical properties

    Whale baleen is the mostly mineralized keratin-based bio-material consisting of parallel plates suspended down the mouth of the whale. Baleen's mechanical properties of being strong and flexible made it a popula… See more

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    Baleen whales (/ b ə ˈ l iː n /), also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises), which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in …

     
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    The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 t (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to …

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    What is baleen? - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA

    All baleen whales have baleen instead of teeth which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish from the sea. These bristly baleen plates filter, sift, sieve or trap the whales’ favourite prey from seawater inside their mouths.

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    Baleen. The Mysticeti [1] are one of the two suborders of the Cetacea. [2] They are often called baleen whales, or 'whalebone whales' or 'great whales'. Baleen whales have baleen plates made of keratin. The difference is connected with …

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    Baleen whale | Filter-feeding, Migration, Conservation …

    Dec 12, 2024 · baleen whale, (suborder Mysticeti), any cetacean possessing unique epidermal modifications of the mouth called baleen, which is used to filter food from water. Baleen whales seek out concentrations of small planktonic …

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    Rorquals (/ ˈ r ɔːr k w əl z /) are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera.

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    What is a baleen fish or whale?
    Baleen is taken from the mouth of a whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food. The term is also historically used for a whale or other large fish. Scammon estimates the number of baleens (or whales) killed in the years 1835-72 at 131,000.

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    What is baleen made out of?
    Save the whales, save the world. Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up human fingernails and hair. It is found in the jaws of large whales and used to sieve prey.

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    Is baleen a keratin?
    Baleen is similar to bristles and consists of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails, skin and hair. Baleen is a skin derivative. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others. Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen.

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    Where did the name baleen come from?
    The term ‘baleen’ is derived from the Old French word baleine, which actually means a whale. The name of the parvorder, Mysticeti, is derived from the Greek words mystax (meaning mustache) and ketos (meaning whale or sea monster). Alternately, this parvorder has also been referred to as Mystacoceti.

    Baleen Whale - Types, Size, Diet, Teeth (Plates), and Evolution

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    What is baleen used for?
    Because it is flexible and retains shapes imposed on it with heat, baleen was used for springs and in products such as corsets, knife handles, umbrella ribs, brushes, and fans. Baleen whales evolved from ancestors that had teeth. Some of the early mysticetes had baleen on the palate in addition to a few functional teeth.

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    How does a baleen filter work?
    Baleen is pronounced [BUH] + [Leen] Baleen is a filtering system consisting of fringed plates inside the mouths of baleen whales. When a whale opens its mouth, water rushes in. But the whale pushes the water back out, and all that’s left is food, such as krill. The baleen filtering system evolved stepwise 30 million years ago.

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    What is baleen? - Whale and Dolphin Conservation

    These bristly baleen plates filter, sift, sieve or trap the whales’ favourite prey from seawater inside their mouths. Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up our fingernails and hair. The baleen of the bowhead whale can be …

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    Baleen: A Unique Structure in the Animal Kingdom

    Feb 15, 2021 · They are divided into two groups–baleen and teethed–based on the structure that is in their mouth. Obviously, teeth are similar to human teeth, but baleen is a very unique structure. It is made of keratin, which is the same …

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    The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), sometimes called the Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, and polar whale, is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus Balaena.

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