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  2. Blue whale - Wikipedia

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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 have existed.

  3. Marine mammal - Wikipedia

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    A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.

  4. Whale - Wikipedia

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    Whales range in size from the 2.6-metre (8.5 ft) and 135-kilogram (298 lb) dwarf sperm whale to the 34-metre (112 ft) and 190-metric-ton (210-short-ton) blue whale. Overall, they tend to dwarf other cetartiodactyls; the blue whale is the largest creature on Earth.

  5. Coronula diadema - Wikipedia

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    Coronula diadema is a species of whale barnacle that lives on the skin of humpback whales and certain other species of whale. [2] This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1767 12th edition of his Systema Naturae. [1]

  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. Largest body part - Wikipedia

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    Blue whale penis. As the largest animal that has existed, the blue whale has the largest instance of several body parts. Its tongue weighs around 2.7 tonnes (3.0 short tons; 2,700 kg). [1] Its mouth is large enough to hold up to 90 tonnes (99 short tons; 90,000 kg) of food and water. [2]

  8. Rorqual - Wikipedia

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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.They include the largest known animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes (200 short tons), and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest of the group, the northern minke ...

  9. File:Male whale reproductive system.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Whale penises are fully inside the body until the whale becomes erect. The testicles are inside the body at all times. 1. Genital Slit 2. Penis 3. Anus 4. Testes 5. Vas Deferens 6. Kidney 7. Diaphragm Whale penises are fully inside the body until the whale becomes erect. The testicles are inside the body at all times. 1.