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  2. Minke whale - Wikipedia

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    The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale. [2] The minke whale was first described by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius in 1780, who assumed it must be an already known species and assigned his specimen to Balaena rostrata , a name given to the northern bottlenose ...

  3. Common minke whale - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of the Common minke whale Minke whale in the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, showing the blowholes and dorsal fin at the same time Minke whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence showing scars perhaps caused by killer whales. The common minke whale is the smallest of the rorquals, and one of the smallest baleen whales (second smallest ...

  4. Marine mammals of the Salish Sea - Wikipedia

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    Other baleen whales sometimes seen are the common minke whale, which may be seen throughout the region, especially in summer around the San Juan Islands. [9] Its larger relative, the fin whale, can also be seen in the area, mostly in the outer waters off the continental shelf, but occasionally makes forays into the Salish Sea area. [10]

  5. Salish Sea orcas - Wikipedia

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    The primary diet of transient orcas includes harbor seals, Steller sea lions, harbor porpoises, Dall's porpoises, Pacific white-sided dolphins, and Minke whales. Among these, the harbor seal is the most common prey; one survey estimated that more than half of the diet of transients in the Salish Sea region consists of harbor seals. [16]

  6. Baleen whale - Wikipedia

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    The skim-feeders are right whales, gray whales, pygmy right whales, and sei whales (which also lunge feed). To feed, skim-feeders swim with an open mouth, filling it with water and prey. Prey must occur in sufficient numbers to trigger the whale's interest, be within a certain size range so that the baleen plates can filter it, and be slow ...

  7. Two dead minke whales found on South Shore. Who ... - AOL

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    Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a marine mammal research and policy group with its North American headquarters in Plymouth, led the response. Two dead minke whales found on South Shore. Who ...

  8. Mysterious sounds emanating from the depths of the ocean ...

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    A minke whale breaches the surface of ocean waters. The whales were previously identified as the sources of the recording (NOAA Fisheries) Now, Chapman says, there is further evidence that the ...

  9. Bryde's whale - Wikipedia

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    The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-Pacific. [5]