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  2. Whale barnacle - Wikipedia

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    Whale barnacles are species of acorn barnacle that belong to the family Coronulidae. They typically attach to baleen whales, and sometimes settle on toothed whales. The whale barnacles diverged from the turtle barnacles about three million years ago. Whale barnacles passively filter food, using tentacle-like cirri, as the host swims

  3. Xenobalanus globicipitis - Wikipedia

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    Xenobalanus globicipitis is a species of pseudo-stalked barnacle. [1] It is usually spotted on the appendages of at least 34 species of cetaceans , commonly baleen whales and bottlenose dolphins . This species is not technically a true stalked barnacle , hence the 'pseudo' in its name.

  4. Pain in crustaceans - Wikipedia

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    The EFSA summarized that the killing methods most likely to cause pain and distress are: [85] Any procedures whereby the abdomen is separated from the thorax; The removal of tissue, flesh, or limbs while the crustacean is alive and fully conscious; Placing crustaceans in water slowly heated to the boiling point

  5. Barnacle - Wikipedia

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    Most barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves to a hard substrate such as a rock, the shell of a mollusc, or a ship; or to an animal such as a whale (whale barnacles). The most common form, acorn barnacles , are sessile , growing their shells directly onto the substrate, whereas goose barnacles attach themselves by means of a stalk.

  6. Humpback whale - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...

  7. Whales Are Mysteriously Dying in New Jersey. No, It's Not ...

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  8. Preliminary findings in cause of right whale death on ...

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    A necropsy on the 3-year-old female whale identified as No. 5120 in the North Atlantic right whale catalog maintained by the New England Aquarium was completed on Feb. 1.

  9. Three humpback whales leap out water at same time in ... - AOL

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    Three humpback whales jumped out of the water in unison in Cape Cod in front of stunned onlookers on Monday, 24 July. Extraordinary footage captured by Robert Addie shows the huge creatures ...