More information: Malia E. K. Smith et al, Historical baleen plates indicate that once abundant Antarctic blue and fin whales demonstrated distinct migratory and foraging strategies, Ecology and ...

The blue whale has one of the largest appetites of any animal, eating up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales, which have baleen plates, feed by taking huge mouthfuls of water and food. They ...

As Earth’s largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters ... from the seawater using baleen plates in the mouth made of keratin, the substance found in people’s fingernails.

The blue whale is a filter-feeder. Its throat has an expandable, pleated structure to engulf a volume of water and prey that is greater than the animal's own body weight. The water it takes in at the ...

Blue whales can live for up to 40 years. The blue whale is a carnivorous animal that doesn’t have proper teeth. Instead, it has baleen plates in its mouth to help it filter and feed on small prey.

Caption (a) This is a baleen whale and its baleen; (b) baleen plate and a schematic showing orientation; (c) micro-CT and optical images of baleen in transverse section; (d) the hollow medullae ...

Humpback whale song Baleen whales are a group of 14 species, including the blue, humpback, right, minke and gray whale. Instead of teeth, the animals have plates of what is called baleen ...

Shifting the 15ft whale, weighing at least several hundred kilos, involved over 40 men, including forest personnel and ...

Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny morsels of food as they swim. Right whales feed on zooplankton and other tiny organisms ...